This report draws on research from 150 primary and secondary schools in Chandpur district to analyse the status of drinking water services, in terms of access, quality, quantity, functionality, and costs.
Institutions
Individual choices and universal rights for drinking water in rural Africa
This paper seeks to understand which attributes of water services rural people value. The authors modelled more than 11,000 choice observations in rural Kenya by attributes of drinking water quality, price, reliability, and proximity.
Report on findings from the Awash River basin
This report provides an update on REACH’s work in the Awash Basin up to November 2020, and introduces our programme of research from 2020-2024.
Drinking water services in coastal Bangladesh
This report presents empirical evidence on the existing state of drinking water services in coastal Bangladesh, highlighting challenges and opportunities for reforms in the institutional design, information systems, and sustainable finances under the proposed ‘SafePani’ model.
Policy reform for safe drinking water service delivery in rural Bangladesh
As the Government sets out to revise the 1998 National Policy for Safe Water Supply and Sanitation, the ‘SafePani’ model proposes reforms in institutional design, sustainable finance, and information systems, to advance SDG 6.1.
Policy reform for safe drinking water service delivery in rural Bangladesh (policy brief)
This policy brief presents the SafePani model, a new institutional framework for rural water service delivery in Bangladesh.
Guidance on Preparing Water Service Delivery Plans: A manual for small to medium-sized water utilities in Africa and similar settings
This manual is a guide on how to prepare a service delivery plan for small to medium-sized water utilities (supplying approximately 5,000 to more than 100,000 customers) in Africa and similar settings.
Delivering safely managed water to schools in Kenya
This report presents the status of school WASH services in Kitui County and makes policy recommendations to guide new thinking on the delivery of safely-managed water services.
Monitoring socio-climatic interactions to prioritise drinking water interventions in rural Africa
This study examines the year-onyear and seasonal relationship between rainfall and remotely monitored water usage from rural piped schemes in four sub-Saharan countries to identify patterns that warn of a threat to operational sustainability.
Institutional pluralism and water user behavior in rural Africa
This research examines water user behavior in the face of institutional change brought about by a professional service provider maintaining rural water infrastructure in Kenya.