Lessons Learned
Hygiene promotion: lessons from Save the Children's Bangladesh programme
28 May 09
Despite the achievements of a Save the Children’s programme in Bangladesh to promote school and household hygiene, a number of challenges were encountered.
Community-Led Total Sanitation: whistle-blowing children combat open defecation in Bangladesh
22 Mar 09
Children in the villages of Dinajpur district in northern Bangladesh have caught some 250 people practicing open defecation in the past six months. They shame the culprits by blowing whistles.
India, Bangalore: improving water and sanitation for slum dwellers
09 Mar 09
With the help of local NGO AVAS, the residents of Sudhamnagar, a slum community in Bangalore, now have household latrines and a safe drinking water supply.
Urban sanitation: people-centred upgrading of informal settlements in Pakistan
05 Mar 09
Around 60% of Karachi's population lives in low income, informal settlements known as ‘katchi abadi’. The Orangi Pilot Project has transformed sewage systems in these communities and, in doing so, has challenged regular development approaches.
Twinning: boosting performance in Asian water utilities
12 Feb 09
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has adopted twinning as a key initiative in its Water Operators' Partnership (WOPs) Program. WOPs promotes knowledge sharing and builds the capacity of water operators and utilities in the Asia and the Pacific region.
Corruption prevention: lessons from a community management sanitation programme in Kerala, India
12 Feb 09
Experts estimate that 20-30% of funds and materials are diverted from sanitation programmes in South India due to corruption. The Socio-Economic Unit Foundation has successfully employed a number of anti-corruption strategies in a household sanitation programme that has become a model for many other regions in India.
Institutional reforms: introducing a customer charter and quality circles in Sri Lanka
20 Jan 09
To improve customer service, Sri Lanka’s National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has introduced a customer charter and quality circles.
Output-based aid: community water project in Andhra Pradesh, India
20 Jan 09
A project supported by the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) is piloting a project to provide safe drinking water to 12,500 poor households in 25 villages in three coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Innovation: what makes it stick?
09 Dec 08
Why are some innovations a success while others fail? Asian Development Bank urban development specialists Hubert Jenny and Alexis Ngo looks at how to make innovation stick in the water and wastewater sector.
Community-managed toilets: Tiruchirappalli sets a good example
09 Dec 08
The city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India, is setting a good example with its community-managed toilets (CMTs). The city authorities, communities and NGOs have joined forces to install nearly 340 CMTs, most of which also have bathing and washing facilities.
