Research
Scholarships: IDRC Graduate Research Awards on Evaluation
IDRC is offering two awards of up to US$ 20,000 each for field research on evaluation for doctoral or masters students registered at a Canadian or developing country university. Eligible fields include innovative evaluation methodologies, utilization of evaluation methodologies, evaluation processes for organizational learning; capacity building in evaluation. Preferences will be given to research corresponding […]
Grants: research capacity strengthening in Africa
The UK-based medical charity Wellcome Trust is calling for funding proposals aimed at strengthening research capacity in Africa. Applications are open to consortia made up of various African academic and research bodies — South–South collaboration — and between African universities and research-based institutions operating in a developed economy, establishing North–South links. Proposals will not be […]
Global costs of attaining the Millennium Development Goal for water supply and sanitation
A new WHO study provides “more updated and comprehensive figures than have been previously available of the costs of attaining the MDG target for water and sanitation” [1]. “From 2005 to 2014 approximately US$ 70 billion needs to be spent annually on water and sanitation in the countries included in this analysis, of which US$ […]
Calculating constant-reliability water supply unit costs
Gary Wolff, G. (2008). Calculating constant-reliability water supply unit costs. Water policy ; vol. 10, no. 1 ; p. 95–104. doi:10.2166/wp.2007.032 Abstract: Water planners facing a choice between water “supply” options (including conservation) customarily use the average unit cost of each option as a decision criterion. This approach is misleading and potentially costly when comparing […]
Studies on cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis of water and sanitation interventions
Three studies on cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis have been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Water and Health (each article costs £ 20). The first two are based on earlier work (available for free) published by WHO. Haller, L. ; Hutton, G. and Bartram, J. (2007). Estimating the costs and health benefits […]
