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IWMI’s research found that farmers who received longer training in water governance and management tended to participate more actively in their WUAs than farmers who were trained over relatively short periods of time.
IWMI (2018): Strengthening participatory irrigation management in Tajikistan. In: IMWI Water Policy Brief: Issue 41 URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]
A holistic response to MHM is lacking. Despite the importance and omnipresent issue of MHM in any emergency context, and the potential for cross‑sectoral links of MHM within the cluster system, there is a lack of policy and agency guidelines to support these sectors to conduct a holistic MHM response
NELIS, T. (2018): Menstrual Hygiene Management in Humanitarian Emergencies. Operational Practice Paper 3. In: Humanitarian Learning Centre: URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]
There is much anecdotal evidence related to the importance of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in schools for girls' educational progression, yet a lack of comprehensive quantitative studies on linkages between WASH and educational indicators disaggregated by gender and grade. This paper aims to fill that gap by testing the hypothesis that the presence of water and sanitation facilities in schools can increase female-to-male enrolment ratios and reduce repetition and drop-out-ratios for girls, especially at ages when they menstruate. Quantitative analyses were undertaken of Education Management Information System (EMIS) data collected from over 10,000 schools in Zambia, to explore relationships between WASH facility provision in schools and enrolment, repetition and drop-out ratios disaggregated by gender and grade. Results indicated that improved sanitation provision in schools was correlated with high female-to-male enrolment ratios, and reduced repetition and drop-out ratios, especially for girls.
AGOL, D. HARVEY, P. MAÍLLO, J. (2018): Sanitation and water supply in schools and girls' educational progression in Zambia. In: Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development : Volume 8 Issue 1, 53–61. URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]
The European Environment Agency (EEA) report gives an updated health check on over 130,000 surface and groundwater bodies monitored by EU Member States, based on the data collected and reported from more than 160 so-called River Basin Management Plans covering the period 2010 to 2015.
EEA (2018): European waters — Assessment of status and pressures 2018. Issue 7 URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018] PDF
The Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation reviews the global progress made towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds on the latest data available for the 11 SDG 6 global indicators and will inform the High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development during its in-depth review of SDG 6 in July 2018. The report represents a joint position from the United Nations family.
UN (2018): Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation. New York: URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]
This summary outlines key themes and findings from 117 handwashing - related research papers published in 2017. The findings are categorized by 6 key themes: Access and coverage, benefits of handwashing with soap, measuring handwashing compliance, handwashing behavior change, drivers of handwashing, measuring the efficacy of handwashing.
THARALDSON, J. MOORE, C. (2018): The State of Handwashing in 2017: Annual Research Summary. What We Learned about Handwashing in 2017. FHI 360 and Global Handwashing Partnership Secretariat URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]
This review offers a framework that draws upon and contributes to existing evidence across the three crucial challenges to scaling MBS—appropriate product and business model choices, viability of sanitation enterprises, and difficulty of unlocking public and private financing for sanitation. It also helps funders and implementers design, analyze, and improve MBS interventions and offers guidance for stakeholders and governments interested in using sanitation markets to expand sanitation coverage and reduce open defecation. In addition, this review highlights the larger contextual parameters that determine the applicability of MBS within a given market.
USAID (2018): Scaling Market Based Sanitation: Desk review on market based rural sanitation development programs. Washington, DC: USAID Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) Project URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]
Aquaculture is increasingly complementing global fisheries and is relevant to ocean and freshwater health, biodiversity and food security, as well as coastal management, tourism and natural heritage. This book makes the case for treating the governance of this industry as meriting attention in its own right, abandoning the polemic discussions of fish farming and opening up new ways for debating its past, present and future.
CARTER, C. (2018): The Politics of Aquaculture - Sustainability Interdependence, Territory and Regulation in Fish Farming. London: Routledge URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]
Productive reuse of faecal sludge while safeguarding public health and the environment is important for meeting multiple Sustainable Development Goals. Application of the ‘multiple barrier approach’
can help achieve safe reuse without requiring costly faecal sludge treatment that may be unaffordable. This study demonstrates the need to continue to build sector capacity through practical application of the multi-barrier approach, and through such pilot studies, to understand and avoid common pitfalls and limitations of the approach.
ABEYSURIYA, K. KHAWAJA, N. MILLS, F. CARRARD, N. KOME, A. WILLETTS, J. (2017): Applying the WHO’s multi-barrier approach to faecal sludge reuse. Learning Brief. In: SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), The Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney (ISF-UTS): URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]
The book shows that until recently the linkage between full business value and water stewardship has been missing from the corporate agenda. This linkage and value creation from a leading water strategy is increasingly important to socially responsible investors and "aspirationals" who value companies that have a social mission or focus to their overall business strategy. In general the largest portion of a company’s market capitalization is intangible value and understanding how a water strategy contributes to this intangible value is essential.
SARNI, W. GRANT, D. (2018): Water Stewardship and Business Value. Creating Abundance from Scarcity. London: Routledge URL [Accessed: 13.09.2018]