Business Approaches to WASH
According to UNICEF, business approaches to WASH rest on the fundamental premise that private businesses can play a much greater role in providing sustained and sustainable access to improved WASH services to low-income households. Business approaches to WASH invest strategic support to help private businesses sell more affordable, desirable products to traditionally un-served communities. Resources available in this sub-theme include tools to understand the supply chain, guidance to help businesses deliver more value, and others to increase business approaches to WASH infrastructure.
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Business Approaches to WASH Resources
Building Local Well Drilling Capacity in Senegal
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August 1, 2013Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
An overview of various well drilling technologies and their costs, this document also provides a case for the adoption of manually drilling wells where appropriate. Manually drilling wells, when professionalized, can be completed at the same level of quality as mechanized rigs but at 1/4 of the...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaA Market-Based Approach to Facilitate Self Supply for Rainwater Harvesting in Uganda
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January 1, 2011Relief International
This Technical Paper was submitted, accepted and presented at the 6th Rural Water Supply Network Forum in Uganda. While it is technical in nature, it provides a lot of information about the Domestic Rainwater Harvesting (DWRH) project that RI implemented in Uganda where RI leveraged a private...Read more
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UgandaSub-Saharan AfricaPreparing for Private Sector Participation in The Provision of Water Supply and Sanitation Services
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August 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
National and municipal governments in many developing countries are turning more and more to the private sector to supply the capital and management needed to expand services and extend infrastructure. These efforts have been more successful in the power, telecommunications, and transportation...Read more
Economic Benefits Available from the Provision of Improved Potable Water Supplies: A Review and Assessment of the Existing Evidence
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December 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
While billions of dollars are invested every year in water projects in developing countries, only rarely are these investments subjected to serious economic analysis, mainly because many professionals doubt that the economic benefits of new water supplies can be determined with sufficient accuracy...Read more
Re-Examination of Costs and Benefits of Rural Water Supply Projects in Central Tunisia
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April 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper describes a benefit/cost (B/C) model developed for the Regional Commission for Agricultural Development (CRDA) of the USAID-funded Rural Potable Water InstitutionsProject in Kasserine, Tunisia, in response to one of the principal objectives of the project: to maximize water investments...Read more
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TunisiaMiddle East and North AfricaSocial Marketing and Water Supply and Sanitation: an Integrated Approach
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May 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
Social marketing offers a comprehensive approach to integrating improvements in water supply and sanitation with the behavior change necessary to make these technologies effective in improving public health status in developing countries.Read more
Microfinance Loans to Increase Sanitary Latrine Sales: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Rural Cambodia
iDE
This document gives a brief overview of iDE Cambodia and ID insight's study of a randomized controlled trial testing the impact of offering microfinance loans for latrines versus the current cash on delivery model.Read more
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CambodiaEast Asia and PacificUnderstanding Willingness to Pay for Sanitary Latrines in Rural Cambodia: Findings from Four Field Experiments of iDE Cambodia's Sanitation Marketing Program
iDE
This study is the outcome of iDE Cambodia and ID insight's study of a randomized controlled trial testing the impact of offering microfinance loans for latrines versus the current cash on delivery model.Read more
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CambodiaEast Asia and PacificiDE's Ceramic Water Filter
iDE
This provides a brief overview of the ceramic water filter and iDE's application of this technology in Cambodia.Read more
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CambodiaEast Asia and PacificSanitation Marketing: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Enterprise Development (Watershed) Project - Cambodia
U.S. Agency for International Development
One pager on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development (WaterSHED) Project in Cambodia.Read more
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