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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Water for agriculture: How one innovative project is helping African farmers grow more food
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March 20, 2015Overseas Private Investment Corporation
This blog highlights OPIC partner Pamiga Finance S.A., an investment company developed to bring financial resources to rural microfinance institutions in Africa. One key aim of the project was to provide dedicated loans to African farmers so they could invest in micro-irrigation systems and improve...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaProject Spotlight: Hamma Desalination Plant provides clean drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Algerian families.
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January 30, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
With Algeria's capital city of Algiers suffering from a severe shortage of clean drinking water, resulting in strict rationing, stockpiling, as well as the consumption of dirty water by households and farms, the solution showed a requirement in a large investment in infrastructure. The...Read more
Belstar Corp: Modernizing Ghana's water system
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November 19, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Shortage of clean water and sanitation systems in Ghana is associated with multiple health problems as well as 20,000 deaths per year. Belstar Corp., a Florida company, and Deutsche Bank Trust Co., have been retained by the government of Ghana to implement a project to rehabilitate 38 eisting...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaInternational Rescue Committee, winner of OPIC's Impact Award for Development Impact
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May 16, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
In Cote d'Ivoire, women draw water from a well built by International Rescure Committee, a nonprofit that works to respond to humanitarian crises around the world with a broad spectrum of services related to healthcare, improved living conditions, and social serices. OPIC provides political...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaDesalination, irrigation, sanitation, and more: how OPIC supports access to clean water in the developing world
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March 22, 2016Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Clean water is essential to life and also to address many of the world's biggest development challenges from poverty to malnutrition. OPIC has long supported access to clean water through a variety of projects from major infrastructure construction to small-scale microfinance lending. OPIC...Read more
Securing water in a water scarce region
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January 30, 2015Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OPIC provided financing and political risk insurance to support the construction of a 202-mile water pipeline, built by Disi Water, in Jordan - one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. Completed in 2014, Disi Water is providing dependable water to the people of Amman and has capacity to...Read more
TOP 5 WAYS COMPETENCIES CAN HELP YOU IMPROVE WASH SECTOR PERFORMANCE
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May 1, 2017Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Top 5 ways that competenvces help prmote WASH sector performance. Read more
THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF WASH FOR MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH
Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article on the importance of WASH in a maternal context. Read more
TOP 4 QUALITIES OF AN EFFECTIVE WASH TRAINER
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August 1, 2016Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article on how to be a better WASH trainerRead more
Testing Water Quality: When Labs Don't Work
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June 25, 2021This blog post describes the reasons why inadequate lab facilities are often cited as a challenge to water quality monitoring. A lack of laboratory capacity, unreliable technologies, or poor quality control can compromise the reliability of lab results. The blog posts cites emerging technologies as...Read more
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