Water governance has emerged as an important topic in the international arena and is
acknowledged to be a crucial factor for adequate and sustained progress towards achieving …

Background Recent studies have shown an increase in open defecation and slippage of
open defecation-free certified villages in Ethiopia, despite significant progress the country …

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Water Ethics continues to consolidate
water ethics as a key dimension of water-related decisions. The book introduces the idea …

This paper reviews sources of misalignment between the institutional arrangements,
incentives and resources mobilized in water policies. It is argued that the resulting policy …

The world is nearing the 2030 target‐year by which sustainable development goals (SDGs)
should be achieved. While other developing regions seem to be making progress toward …

Urban‐rural inequalities in water access constitute one of the major obstacles to achieving
universal water coverage. In Sub‐Saharan Africa, these inequalities have persisted for …

Abstract In rural sub-Saharan Africa, one in three handpumps are non-functional at any time.
While there is some evidence describing factors associated with non-functional water …

Open-defecation (OD) is one of the most widespread sanitation practices in low-income
countries. This practice often causes diarrheal diseases and 760,000 deaths per year. To …

The attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH) requires the elimination of all forms of inequalities in WASH services …

Sustainable development of a region requires sustainability of its rural parts, as a source of
supplies and resources for the urbanized regions. The current climate changes, loss of …