We asked six of our researchers from the country teams: what are the biggest water security and poverty issues facing your country? Here’s what they had to say.
Ethiopia
Peering over the fence – how water security can bring business and rural communities together
What are companies doing to assess and manage water risks – and could their efforts benefit or worsen the livelihoods for rural people?
Help us improve water security for the poor: apply for a Catalyst Grant!
Do you have a new idea for tackling water insecurity and poverty in Africa or South Asia? Today we open applications for Catalyst Grants of £10,000-50,000.
Water Security: less talk, more action
Over 200 people from 20 countries met to debate using a risk-based framework to respond to the global and local challenges at the Water Security 2015 conference held at Oxford University on 9-11 December.
Can mobile monitoring deliver drinking water security to Africa’s rural poor?
REACH Director Rob Hope discusses the hype and hope of mobile systems to tackle poverty in Africa through better monitoring of drinking water security.
Can climate information improve water security for the poor?
Climate change threatens to undermine efforts to improve water security and end poverty. So how can planners ensure that water and sanitation programmes are resilient to climate variability and change?
How to stop #hard2reach people dropping off the research agenda?
The ‘invisible poor’ are an under-researched group that are critical to understanding the linkages between poverty and water security.
World Water Week 2015
REACH Director Dr Rob Hope and Co-Director Dr Katrina Charles will be at World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden on 23-28 August 2015. Come and meet them to find out more about the programme at the Oxford University booth.
Water for agriculture: managing the land and rains in the Ethiopian highlands
Reflecting on a diagnostic field visit to Ethiopia, Andrew Dansie’s blog draws attention to the role of water storage, agriculture, and land use in water security and rural livelihoods.
First country visits identify water challenges and research needs
REACH Programme Director, Dr Rob Hope, has been meeting with country partners and identifying potential Water Security Observatories in Kenya, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.