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Aug 11, 20234 min read
Partnerships for Water Resilience Need Integrity Foundations
Cross-sector partnerships like WEFE nexus initiatives can be more effective and sustainable with integrity
Aug 9, 20238 min read
On Regulating for Integrity in Water and Sanitation (Integrity Talk 1)
What is the role of regulators in promoting transparency, accountability, participation, and anti-corruption for water and sanitation?
Aug 9, 20237 min read
Water and Sanitation in Informal Settlements and the COVID-19 Crisis (Integrity Talk 2)
How can we assess and address issues of exclusion and marginalisation in informal settlements from a water integrity perspective?
Aug 9, 20238 min read
How to Deal with Inflation and Ensure Affordable Water and Sanitation Services? (Integrity Talk 4)
On the impact of inflation on water and sanitation tariffs, the ways to make services affordable and the role of integrity for HRWS
Aug 9, 20236 min read
Can AI and Emerging Integrity Technologies Contribute to Water Sustainability? (Integrity Talk 5)
Emerging technologies are showing increasing value for anti-corruption, also in the water sector. But what are the risks?
May 26, 20234 min read
More Integrity > More Trust > More Effective Water Stewardship Initiatives
A water stewardship initiative can be more effective if founded on trust and built TAPA.
Aug 23, 20227 min read
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, 20226 min read
Suffering in Silence: Understanding a Hidden Form of Gendered Corruption
Lessons from new research on sextortion for water access in Bangladesh
Aug 11, 20225 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.
May 16, 20224 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.
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Enhancing Integrity to Avoid Maladaptation
Corruption threatens to derail climate action. A preventive integrity approach must be built in from project start
Oct 19, 20214 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.
Aug 17, 20218 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).
Jul 29, 20214 min read
Strengthening Urban Sanitation Regulation to Expand and Sustain Services
A new research report examines urban sanitation in Lusaka, Zambia.
Jul 6, 20216 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'.
Feb 7, 20214 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
Nov 25, 20206 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 14, 20205 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)
Sep 27, 20203 min read
How Bangladesh Citizens and the Media Exposed Corruption in Water Management
A social accountability case study on flood protection infrastructure.
Aug 11, 20203 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
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