Tag Archive | Ghana
Arrangements and cost of providing support to rural water service providers
Smits, S. … [et al.] (2011). Arrangements and cost of providing support to rural water service providers. (WASHCost working paper ; no. 5). The Hague, The Netherlands, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. 42 p. : 1 fig., 16 tab. 37 ref. Download full paper This joint WASHCost and Triple-S paper is about the costs […]
Ladders for assessing and costing water service delivery
Moriarty, P. … [et al.] (2011). Ladders for assessing and costing water service delivery. (WASHCost working paper; no. 2). 2nd ed. The Hague, The Netherlands, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. iv, 19 p. : 5 fig., 5 tab. 14 ref. Download full paper This working paper introduces the concept of service levels, grouped as […]
WASHCost reveals the high cost of low quality services
It costs a lot of money to provide low quality water and sanitation services – and more expensive technology alone will not solve the problem, Catarina Fonseca, Director of the WASHCost project, has told an audience of economists, WASH specialists and researchers. Research in four countries has found that switching from boreholes with handpumps to […]
Assessing sanitation service levels – new WASHCost project working paper
Conventional sanitation ladders rank sanitation in increasing complexity of technological options. However, sanitation improvement is not as straightforward as the concept of “a ladder” with incremental improvements from op full flush, might suggest. For example, from the user perspective, a VIP toilet may in some circumstances be a better option than a septic tank system. […]
Ghana: VC calls for consistency in the maintenance of water systems
Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, Vice-Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called for consistency in the maintenance of the country’s water systems. This, he said had become necessary to tackle the growing rate at which water and sanitation facilities provided for the communities are becoming dysfunctional. He was addressing the opening […]
Post-construction support and sustainability in community-managed rural water supply
Bakalian, A. and Wakeman, W. (eds) (2009). Post-construction support and sustainability in community-managed rural water supply : case studies in Peru, Bolivia, and Ghana. (Water Sector Board discussion paper series ; no. 14). Washington, DC, USA, Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership (BNWP), World Bank. xvii, 114 p. : 2 boxes, 1 fig., 38 tab. Incl. ref. Download […]
WASHCost project launches new website
Read all about the WASHCost project on its new website. The WASHCost project website aims to share good quality information on the project which is being implemented with local partners in Burkina Faso, Ghana, India and Mozambique. Twelve frequently asked questions on the new site will help you understand what the project is about. Stories […]
Ghana: Ministry provides subsidies for household toilets
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development says it has a subsidy facility reduce the cost of providing household toilet facilities in a bid to reduce pressure on neighbourhood and public toilets. This was announced by the Director of Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Demedeme […]
Implications of the financial crisis for developent finance and global governance
Mold, A.; Paulo, S. and Prizzon, A. (2009). Implications of the financial crisis for developent finance and global governance. (OECD Development Centre working paper ; no. 277). 48 p. Full text Abstract This paper examines how the different forms of development finance for low-income countries are likely to be affected by the global financial crisis, […]
Ghana: WASHCost Visits Daily Guide
The Non-Governmental Organization, WASHCost, made up of a nine-member delegation paid a courtesy call to the offices of Daily Guide, Ghana’s most widely circulated private newspaper on Tuesday [24 February 2009]. They included the Project Assistant of WASHCost, Michele Adjei-Fah, Janet Alamisi Dabire, a Ghanaian journalist, Martine Sawadogo, Herve Tiendrebeogo, Jules Sow and Pascal Dabou […]
