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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 18, 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 30, 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 7, 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 8, 20214 min read


What Does it Mean to Mainstream Gender in Open Government Processes
ARE GENDER-BLIND INDICATORS NOT ENOUGH? By Tamar Hayrikyan, Managing Partner at Técnicas Rudas Supported by the Water and Open Government...
Nov 25, 20206 min read


More Transparency in Brazil’s Water Sector National Information System
Discussing open government committments for water with Marcus Fuckner, Coordinator at Brazil’s National Water Agency (ANA)
Nov 14, 20205 min read


Governments, Pay Your Water Bills!
Non-payment and empty promises are undermining
the human rights to water and sanitation
Oct 5, 20201 min read


Quantifying the Effects of Corruption on the Water and Sanitation Sector in Latin America
Analysis suggests that decisive policy reform reducing risks by about two-thirds could result in substantial savings for water sector
Oct 5, 20201 min read


How Bangladesh Citizens and the Media Exposed Corruption in Water Management
A social accountability case study on flood protection infrastructure.
Sep 28, 20203 min read


Water Integrity Network Annual Report 2019
Published in 2020 Lack of integrity and corruption in the water and sanitation sector affect who gets what services, when, where, and...
Aug 11, 20201 min read


Water and Sanitation Sector Integrity Risk Index
A new data-driven approach to develop a composite Water Integrity Risk Index (WIRI), to assess integrity risks in urban water
Aug 11, 20203 min read


Human Rights and Water Integrity in Informal Settlements
Research from South Africa and Kenya stresses need for action to deliver adequate water and sanitation in urban slums
Aug 11, 20201 min read


Marco legal del agua en Mexico, con énfasis en la gestión comunitaria
An analysis of the Mexican legal framework for water in different states and the legal form that community systems could take.
Aug 11, 20201 min read


Money Down the Drain: Corruption in South Africa's Water Sector
Corruption in the water and sanitation sector in South Africa has put the water security of businesses and households, at high risk.
Aug 11, 20202 min read


Water-related commitments in Mexico’s Open Government Plan
This blog was written by Cartocritica, as a contribution to the Community of Practice on Water and Open Government. Access to water is a...
Jun 15, 20207 min read
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