Background
Throughout the Safe Water Business Perspective different concepts and sector-specific terms related to safe water and market-based approaches to safe water find their application or are referred to. The background section explains the different crucial concepts and provides further information to facilitate the understanding and applicability of household water treatment solutions and water kiosk models. These concepts include, but are not limited to: the United Nations sustainable development goals, the concept of the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid, and the need for a new paradigm for sustainable private-sector engagement in the water sector.
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Background
SDG Background
This background factsheet gives you an overview over the SDGs and how they are implemented, SDG number 6 in particular.
Background on "bottom of the pyramid"
This background factsheet explains to the reader the concept of "base (or bottom) of pyramid" and how it has become a valuable and helpful business…
Scaling Safe Water - The Need for an Industry Facilitator
This background factsheet introduces the reader to what an "industry facilitator" does and why such intermediaries are important.
Household Water Treatment Solution Technologies and Water Kiosk Models
This background factsheet allows the reader to understand in what situations HWTS and water kiosks are long-term, productive and efficient safe water…
The PPP Canvas or How to create Public Private Partnerships
This background factsheet tells the reader how a business model canvas works and how it has been adapted to fit to Public-Private Partnerships.
Background on social marketing strategy and impact
This factsheet conveys the importance of an orchestrated social marketing campaign to the interested reader and provides some useful tools on this…
Why scaling-up safe water has failed - the need for a new paradigm
This background factsheet argues for a paradigm change on how to think safe water: away from donors and beneficiaries, towards customers and small…
Hands-on insights from safe water entrepreneurs [videos]
This background factsheet contains hands-on insights on best practices in the safe water sector - told by experts and captured on video. Click here…
Identifying and addressing challenges to scale [podcasts]
This factsheet provides you with hands-on insights and lessons learnt on how to scale safe water enterprises serving the BoP. Listen to our podcasts…
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