Infrastructure Development

According to the UN, large numbers of people in developing countries still lack access to basic infrastructure services. Continued lack of access will constrain achievements of any development goals agreed for the post-2015 period. Resources available in this sub-theme include project summaries and successes of past infrastructure development projects, technical and field guidance on infrastructure development, and other resources that can help to develop effective WASH infrastructure.

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Infrastructure Development Resources

Kazakhstan Field Report -- Proposed Chlorination System Improvements At Regional Water Systems: Kyzl Orda Oblast, Kazakhstan

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Environmental Policy and Technology Project (EPT) Field Report "Interim Field . Investigations in Kazakhstan: Regional Water Systems in Kzyl-Orda Oblast" dated October 1994 included recommendations for providing a variety of new equipment to upgrade and improve the regional water...Read more
Regional focus: 
KazakhstanEurope and Central Asia

Interim Field Investigations in Kazakhstan: Regional Water Systems in Kyzl Orda Oblast -- Trip Conducted May-June 1994

Published: 
October 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the findings of a field visit to Kzyl Orda Oblast in western Kazakhstan, conducted in May and June 1994, by an Environmental Policy and Technology(EPT) Project team. the trip's purpose was to define the Scope of Work for the implementation activities included in the...Read more
Regional focus: 
KazakhstanEurope and Central Asia

Final Report -- Assessment of the Institutional Environment of the Environmental Infrastructure Unit: Recommendations for Operational Guidelines, Staffing, and Technical Assistance and Training

Published: 
March 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID's Mission to Sri Lanka began implementing the Promotion of Private Infrastructure (PPI) Project in 1992. The PPI Project will provide U.S. $8 million in grant funds over a four0year period to assist the GSL in developing a market to attract private financing, construction, and management...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Operation Blessing International: Quarterly Report to Aid, April-June 1993

Published: 
August 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
This is a quarterly report to AID from Operations Blessing International. It details the progress of the water well project in Romania in 1993.Read more
Regional focus: 
RomaniaEurope and Central Asia

AID Grant No. 615-0236-G-00-3045-00 to Plan International USA to Increase Community Usership of Borehole Water and Encourage Sustainable Maintenance of The Boreholes in Kenya

Published: 
July 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the PVO Co-Financing Project to Plan International for a follow-on project to develop community-based water organizations at 120 borehole sites in Kenya. The 120 boreholes were drilled by PLAN during Phase I. to develop community water organizations that are capable of...Read more
Regional focus: 
KenyaSub-Saharan Africa

Community Sanitation Improvement and Latrine Construction Program: A Training Guide

Published: 
March 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The 10-day program presented here is designed to train local development agents to direct community sanitation and latrine construction programs. The program presents the role of the development agent as that of sanitation educator, community facilitator and catalyst, and resource for identifying...Read more

Management Turnover of a Pump Irrigation System in The Philippines: The Farmer'S Way

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Philippines' National Irrigation Administration (NIA) of the Philippines has piloted and implemented several approaches to organizing farmers to undertake management responsibilities for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems. in 1983, NIA piloted a new approach...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Economic Benefits Available from the Provision of Improved Potable Water Supplies: A Review and Assessment of the Existing Evidence

Published: 
December 1, 1992
U.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

PRE/CAP: Prefeasibility Studies in East and Southern Africa, Phase I Report

Published: 
October 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
In late 1991, the Regional Economic Development Services Office, East and Southern Africa (REDSO/ESA) began an initiative to identify capital projects in the water and sanitation (W&S) sector, among other, and to suggest possible uses for a special appropriation of $650 million under study by...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Mission Request for Extension Beyond Ten Years of Irrigation Systems Management Project

Published: 
February 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Mission requests approval of a no cost extension of the Irrigation Systems Management (ISM) Project Assistance completion date from June 4, 1993 to December 31, 1993. This extension, which would take the project beyond ten years, is required to complete the delivery and installation of five large U...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

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