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Integrity Management as a Game Changer for Water and Sanitation in Rural Areas? (Integrity Talk 3)
Small water supply systems play a key role in providing access to water in rural and peri-urban areas.
Aug 23, 20227 min read


Suffering in Silence: Understanding a Hidden Form of Gendered Corruption
Lessons from new research on sextortion for water access in Bangladesh
Aug 23, 20226 min read


Water Integrity Network Annual Report 2021
2021 saw the continuation of the pandemic across the world. COVID-19 has set back the programmes to meet SDG 6 and has pushed millions of...
Aug 11, 20221 min read


Sextortion in access to WASH services in selected regions of Bangladesh
Investigating incidence and risk factors associated with sextortion in accessing WASH services by women in Bangladesh
Aug 11, 20221 min read


Corruption and Integrity Failures in Bangkok's Wastewater Sector
Corruption and integrity failures in Bangkok's wastewater sector are contributing to increased levels of untreated water
Aug 11, 20221 min read


What is sextortion, what does it have to do with water and sanitation, and what can we do about it?
Sextortion is a gendered form of corruption where sex is the currency of the bribe. It hampers realisation of the human right to water.
Aug 11, 20225 min read


WIN Climate Approach
Strategy document Published in 2022 Building on its research into the impact of and responses to corruption and poor integrity in the...
Aug 10, 20221 min read


Improving Integrity for Better Performance: Evidence from Global Integrity Management Processes
Evidence from Integrity Management Processes in Utilities, Water Institutions, and Small Water System Management Committees Case studies...
Aug 10, 20221 min read


Case Studies: Improving Governance, Transparency, and Communication in Ethiopian WASHCOs
Case studies Published: 2022 By Carmen Fernandez Fernandez (Consultant) and Girum Girma (Caritas Switzerland) Participatory processes...
Aug 10, 20221 min read


Water Integrity is Missing from the Climate Debate; Here’s Why That Has to Change
Billions of dollars are flowing through relatively untested channels into the water sector, which is vulnerable to corruption.
May 16, 20224 min read


Enhancing Integrity to Avoid Maladaptation
Corruption threatens to derail climate action. A preventive integrity approach must be built in from project start
Nov 11, 20212 min read


Integrity management for sanitation and water utilities: cost-effective booster for service delivery
3.6 billion people don't have safe sanitation. It's time for change, starting with addressing integrity failures in utilities.
Oct 19, 20214 min read


Regulating Lusaka's Urban Sanitation Sector
An examination of urban sanitation in Lusaka, with a focus on integrity, corruption risks and regulatory capacity
Oct 4, 20211 min read


Sex for Water: WIN in Conversation with ANEW
An interview with Sareen Malik of the African Civil Society Network for Water and Sanitation (ANEW).
Aug 17, 20218 min read


Water Integrity Network Annual Report 2020
“Ending corruption will not solve all the country’s water problems, but an effective campaign to wash corruption out of the water sector...
Aug 10, 20211 min read


Water Integrity Global Outlook: Urban Water and Sanitation
To make cities resilient and to realise human rights to water and sanitation for urban residents, we need to focus on water and sanitation
Aug 10, 20211 min read


Fostering Change through Integrity at Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) in Bangladesh
This case study describes CWASA's process and progress using integrity management tools.
Aug 10, 20211 min read


Strengthening Urban Sanitation Regulation to Expand and Sustain Services
A new research report examines urban sanitation in Lusaka, Zambia.
Jul 29, 20214 min read


A Zambian campaign for public institutions to pay their water bills
An interview with Bubala Muyovwe of the NGO wash forum for 'Governments: Pay Your Water Bills'.
Jul 6, 20216 min read


When Public Institutions Don’t Pay their Water Bills, they Push Water Utilities To Service Failure
Non-payment of water bills by public entities is common and has major impact on utility finances, especially during covid crisis
Feb 7, 20214 min read
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