Walther, D. et al. (2015) Introducing City Sanitation Plan - SNUSP II Trainer's Manual

Ensuring citywide sanitation is challenging and needs strategic planning as well as involvement of various actors /agencies, such as decision makers at state and city level, city engineers and technical experts in areas of urban planning, sanitation, technical infrastructure and financing. One of the main requirements in establishing a citywide sanitation system on the ground is strong institutions and technical as well as managerial capacities […]

Tiberghien, J.-E. et al. (2016) A tale of clean cities: Insights for planning urban sanitation from Ghana, India and the Philippines

Uncontrolled urbanisation and proliferation of slums makes development of urban sanitation a big challenge. To contribute to the efforts towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of universal access to sanitation, the research A tale of clean cities aimed to learn from three cities that are performing well in sanitation: Kumasi, Ghana; San Fernando, the Philippines; and Visakhapatnam, India. Findings showed substantial but uneven progress along […]

Nothomb, C. et al. (2016) Sanitation as a business Unclogging the blockages

The first Unclogging the Blockages conference took place in Kampala, Uganda from Feb 18-20 with the aim of putting on the table some of the major challenges facing the scale up of sustainable sanitation as well as in in collaborating towards innovative solutions. The conference gathered a diverse array of over 150 individuals both from within and outside the sanitation sector, including those working on […]

ISF-UTS, SNV (2014) Financing sanitation for cities and towns

Planning and financing for sanitation in cities and towns in developing countries is often ad hoc and piecemeal. Stronger capacity to plan financing for sanitation infrastructure (and services) for the long term will lead to better outcomes. Planning for adequate long-term services requires consideration of the complete sanitation service chain over the lifecycle of the associated service infrastructure. This paper focuses on access to the […]

Ekane, N. et al. (2016) Comparative assessment of sanitation and hygiene policies and institutional frameworks in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania

Policies are considered critical for creating an enabling environment for improving access to sanitation and hygiene services. There are, however, certain requirements that policies must meet for them to be coherent and supportive. This paper presents a comparative assessment of […]

Ekane, N., Weitz, N., Nykvist, B., Nordqvist, P., Noel, S. (2016) Comparative assessment of sanitation and hygiene policies and institutional frameworks in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania

This assessment finds that the policies in Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania meet many of the recommended criteria, but are still lacking key aspects to adequately cater for sustainability of services and functionality of facilities. Further, policies should reflect the needs and preferences of people. This is usually not the case because policies are very ambitious and hard to fully translate to action. Despite the existence […]

Hunga, W. (2016) Financing sanitation for low-income urban communities Lessons from CCODE and the Federation in Malawi

Like many other countries in the Global South, Malawi has failed to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets to improve access to sanitation. It has been estimated that only 25 percent of the country’s population has gained Access to improved sanitation since 1990 and access to it is a meagre 41 per cent, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) Report (2015). By utilising […]

Burt, Z., Nelson, K., Ray, I. (2016) Towards gender equality through sanitation access Discussion paper

This discussion paper reviews the extensive literature on sanitation to show that inadequate access to this basic service prevents the realization of a range of human rights and of gender equality. We recognize that “dignity” is a highly culture- and gender-specific term; we therefore argue that sanitation for all—sanitation that serves all genders equally—must be designed and planned explicitly for the unique needs of women […]

WSTF (2015) Key documents to implement UBSUP

This library entry contains key documents involved in the implementation of the UBSUP programme, from the social marketing for improved toilet at household level to the construction and operation of the sanitation infrastructures (toilet and Decentralised Treatment Facility). Note that more documents are available on the SafiSan toolkit located in the WSTF website, see link below. As an attempt to tackle the challenge of urban sanitation […]

Post, V., Athreye, V. (2016) Financing Sanitation Paper Series #2 The essence of public and private funding for sanitation

The Financing Sanitation Paper Series is a unique collection of six articles about different aspects of sustainable financing of sanitation (in emerging markets) - from financial inclusion to private funding and from micro insurance to climate financing. “The essence of public and private funding for sanitation” is the second in a series of six papers on sustainable financing of sanitation.

Post, V., Athreye, V. (2015) Financing Sanitation Paper Series #1 An overview of the financial instruments for sanitation used in FINISH programmes in India and Kenya

The Financing Sanitation Paper Series is a unique collection of six articles about different aspects of sustainable financing of sanitation (in emerging markets) - from financial inclusion to private funding and from micro insurance to climate financing.

Auerbach, D. et al. (2015) Sustainable Sanitation Practice Financing Sanitation

How to finance sanitation systems was and still is a major challenge. Issue 24 of Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP) on „Financing sanitation“ shows three successful examples how sanitation can be financed. The papers presented in this issue are: • David Auerbach describes the Sanergy Way for sanitation provision in urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya, • Rochelle Holm et al. present a study on funding mechanisms for private […]

Cronk, R., Slaymaker, T., Bartram, J. (2015) Monitoring drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in non-household settings: priorities for policy and practice International journal of hygiene and environmental health

Inadequate drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) in non-household settings, such as schools, health care facilities, and workplaces impacts the health, education, welfare, and productivity of populations, particularly in low and middle-income countries. There is limited knowledge on the status of WaSH in such settings. To address this gap, we reviewed international standards, international and national actors, and monitoring initiatives; developed the first typology of […]

WRC (2015) The Status of Faecal Sudge Management in Eight Southern and East African Countries

In 2012, the Water Research Commission, together with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, took a strategic decision to develop capacity in Africa to deal with faecal sludge management. This initiative, known as the Sanitation Research Fund for Africa (SRFA) Project, provides an exclusive research and development grant of up to US$200 000 to African institutions and organisations. 12 African institutions and organisations from […]

de Albuquerque, C. (2014) Realising the human rights to water and sanitation A handbook by the UN Special Repporteur Catarina de Albuquerque

This Handbook is the product of six years of work by the first UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation. It explains the meaning and legal obligations that arise from these rights, translating the often complex technical and legal language into accessible information. This Handbook has been developed to: •clarify the meaning of the human rights to water and sanitation; •explain the obligations that […]

GIZ (2015) Water for all

GIZ carries out water projects in around 50 different countries, acting at the municipal, national, regional, and global levels. GIZ teams often work on the ground with ministries, regulatory authorities, regional governments, water associations, and also directly with water utility companies. GIZ develops forward-looking concepts for the water sector in cooperation with UN organisations, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), KfW Entwicklungsbank, […]

Fonseca, C., Rognerud, I. (2015) Financing Urban Sanitation Public Finance at National Level

Various authors (2015) Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF) Various documents on results from research grant

Abeysuriya, K. et al. (2014) Financing Sanitation for Cities and Towns Learning Paper

Castalia Strategic Advisors (2015) Review of Results-Based Financing (RBF) Schemes in WASH A Report to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

RBF is an alternative to conventional funding mechanisms for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene projects. Donors have been trying Results-Based Financing (RBF) in WASH since at least the mid-1990s, but until now there have been no comprehensive evaluations of RBF in WASH. This report summarizes findings from an investigation into whether RBF works in WASH, in what circumstances, how, and why. The study was managed and […]