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A group of people stand around a map on a table.
Kota Kita: facilitating citizen-led urban development
Article, 22 February 2022
Group photo Guinea
Global Water Initiative: Guinea
… is the staple crop GWI focus dam: Fomi (in final planning stages) Water for agriculture (2013-17) We drew lessons from existing dams with … national territory was finalised and validated with the Ministry for Urban and territorial management in September 2017. Benefit sharing The principle of benefit … Water …
Project, 16 February 2018
About 1.5 million Syrians are currently in Lebanon. The influx has added complexity to an already fragile system of water provision (Photo: Loan Diep)
Water in MENA: ripple effects in times of conflict
… Water has always been a major problem in the MENA region. Despite high production levels, unsustainable management practices and inequality of access have persisted. UNICEF has … programme  by IIED, UNICEF MENA  and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)  has investigated how those involved in water …
Insight, 12 December 2017
Aerial view of a residential town nestled amidst lush greenery.
Quito: sustainable transformation in Guápulo – nurturing nature in the heart of the city
Article, 14 February 2024
A man lines up six bright water bottles under a series of outside taps
Definitions matter – part two
… issues and nations, the data needed – for instance whether available water supplies are safe/free from contamination – is not collected. … monitor progress towards WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)   – adding hygiene and menstrual … fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of global urban change. The scale of the problem Billions of urban dwellers lack …
Insight, 08 December 2021
A man sprays disinfectant onto a person's hands
How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19
… This series of blogs focusing on the transition to a predominantly urban world was planned before COVID-19. This pandemic brings such a … maintaining social distancing is almost impossible. Communal water sources for hand washing are scarce. So too are health centres for … – both in practice and in recognising its value as a reliable and sustainable source of nutritious food during hard times. Over the past …
Insight, 01 July 2020
A motorbike rides through a flooded road. A woman tries to cross the road from the left hand side pavement.
IPCC report signposts pathways to climate-resilient future for cities
Insight, 09 March 2022
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Dar es Salaam’s water supplies need stronger, more flexible management to meet SDG6
… Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal of access to drinking water (SDG6) is a significant challenge for growing cities like Dar es … for dry season agriculture are increasing. Demand for drinking water, irrigation and environmental flows compete with one another, and … Water … Urban … Dar es Salaam’s water supplies need stronger, more flexible management to meet SDG6 …
Publication, 01 December 2016
A daily savings book: local savings groups collect small payments from slum dwellers which can be leveraged to support slum upgrading projects (Photo: SDI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Transforming aid for urban areas
… Aid is not working well in most urban areas in low- and most middle-income nations. Nor are most urban governments. Nor are the global agendas, including the Sustainable Development Goals. Provision for water and sanitation is actually getting worse in many urban areas. But … Urban … Transforming aid for urban areas …
Insight, 04 September 2018
Malawi's statistics mask struggle to meet UN goal for water and sanitation in urban areas
… Malawi is failing to meet the Millennium Development Goal for water and sanitation in its urban areas and misleading official statistics are hiding the scale of … a target to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. But as … Urban …
News, 13 August 2009