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WASHPlus | Issue 12 June 17, 2011 | Focus on Mobile Technologies

This WASHplus Weekly contains resources on the use of mobile technologies for indoor air quality (IAQ) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). In this issue are IAQ articles on how mobile technologies are used to maintain stove sales and monitor indoor air quality. The WASH resources in this issue include a DFID sponsored review that concludes mobile technologies offer new, effective, low-cost and inclusive pathways to water security and poverty reduction. Other…
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WASHplus | Issue 13 June 24, 2011 | Focus on Hygiene Behavior

This WASHplus Weekly contains 11 recent conference presentations, reports and journal articles that discuss behavior change, hygiene promotion and other topics. It includes presentations on behavior change innovations and measuring behavior change from a May 2011 WASH conference held in Australia. A 2010 paper by Christine Sijbesma presents a state-of-the-art overview of current approaches used for hygiene…
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Isomorphic mimicry – or the challenge of the empty organigramme

Posted by Patrick Moriarty on June 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Could anyone resist a paper that, in the introduction, promises to ‘explicitly…

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WASHPlus Issue 11 June 10, 2011 | Focus on Monitoring and Evaluation

This WASHplus Weekly (formerly called WASHplus Updates) contains 16 articles and reports published in 2010 and 2011 that discuss monitoring and evaluation of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects and programs. This includes the USAID Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) report on Indicators as well as project monitoring reports from WaterAid, the Water Sanitation Program and others. Also included are monitoring reports from WHO and UNICEF that provide global, regional and country… Continue

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Water Alternative: Volume 4 | Issue 2 June 2011

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What are the effects of decentralization in large scale irrigation? Evidence from the Philippines 

Eduardo K. Araral, Jr.

Water Alternatives 4(2): 110-123               Abstract | …

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Economic accounting of water in SADC

Economic Accounting of Water (EAW) is a practical framework that assists in the understanding of the role of water in theeconomy of a country or River Basin. This website presents the outcomes and lessons learned from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Project on Economic Accounting of Water Use, including pilot projects in four countries and two river basins in… Continue

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Knowledge Sharing for Development e-learning module online

The IMARK e-learning module entitled “Knowledge Sharing for Development” is now online. It is free and it only takes a few minutes to register. People with limited bandwidth can order a free CD version.

The total curriculum consists of 36 lessons, ranging from approximately 15 to 120 minutes duration, grouped into eight units, for a total of about 30 hours of self-paced instruction. See below for the unit details.

ONLINE ACCESS

1. Register on-line…

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Resource to Guide the Assessment, Design, Monitoring, and Management of Capacity Development Efforts

 The CDRF ties together various strands of change theory, capacity economics, pedagogical science, project management, and monitoring and evaluation practice to provide a rigorous yet practical instrument. A key feature of the Framework is its focus on capacity factors that impede the achievement of development goals, and on how learning interventions can be designed to improve the ―development- friendliness‖ of capacity factors by supporting locally driven… Continue

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Issue 11 June 3, 2011 | Focus on the Health Impacts of WASH Interventions

This WASHplus Update contains 14 articles and reports published in 2010 and 2011 on the health impacts of water, sanitation and…
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WSA signs up with Malaysian company for technical support on sanitation

Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indah Water for technical know-how and consultancy services in sewerage management in African countries. WSA selected the Malaysian company “to be in a technical committee formed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to propose immediate, medium- and long-term solutions for sanitation services in WSA member countries”.

Kiribati’s North Tarawa declared first open defecation free island in the Pacific

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North Tarawa in Kiribati is the first island in the Pacific to be declared open defecation free, thanks to the “Kiriwatsan I Project”. The Ministry of Public Works is implementing this project with technical support from UNICEF and funding from the European Union. In March 2013, North Tarawa adopted the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach following a training of trainers course conducted by Dr Kamal Kar.

Megan Richie is SNV's new WASH Director

In March 2013, SNV appointed Megan Richie as Managing Director for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH). She leads SNV's global initiatives in the WASH sector. Prior to her appointment as Managing Director, Ms Richie served as Country Director for SNV in Lao PDR.

Brian Arbogast new WASH Director at Gates Foundation

Brian Arbogast is the new director of the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He started work at the foundation on 13 May 2013. He takes over from Dr. Frank Rijsberman who acted as director until May 2012.

A central role for government in monitoring sustainable WASH services

Governments are not only investing more in national monitoring systems, but their leadership in country monitoring is also now generally accepted. With this acceptance, however, come expectations about good governance and transparency. Monitoring is politics: agendas and power influence what is monitored and how the results are used. National systems, too, go beyond WASH sector monitoring and should include data from donors and NGOs as well.

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