Waterborne Democracy for Rural India
For more than four decades, Gram Vikas has been delivering equitable water and sanitation systems to deprived villages in rural India by training and encouraging them to take ownership of their solutions.
Water & Sanitation - Articles
Innovative ways to improve access to basic human needs (more)
An Entrepreneurial Workforce
India’s first and largest waste-picker cooperative has inspired community-wide recycling and sustainable living.
Podcast
The Business of Water
Jibu franchises make clean drinking water affordable for Africa’s booming urban populations and provide economic opportunity to a new generation of entrepreneurs.
The United States Needs Its Own WASH Sector
Water, sanitation, and hygiene projects are not just for low-income countries overseas. They are also desperately needed at home. A Viewpoint from the Summer 2020 issue.
Flushing Taboo
The biggest obstacle to eradicating India’s sanitation problem is a social tradition based in its caste system. A Field Report from the Spring 2020 issue.
The Next Big Thing for Pay-as-You-Go
Strategies for cross-sectoral partnership in reaching consumers in emerging markets through pay-as-you-go business models.
When Aid Fails
The citizen journalism effort What Went Wrong? examines international development projects with the help of reports from people the project was supposed to benefit. A What's Next article from the Summer 2019 issue.
How to Create a Checklist for Nonprofit Exit
When designing and implementing exit strategies, nonprofits need to put the focus on impact and sustainability, rather than timelines and money spent.
Irrigation Innovation
aQysta’s Barsha pump aims to deliver water for agricultural irrigation without fuel, electricity, operating expenses, or greenhouse gas emissions.
Rural Sanitation in India: The Poo Party
While a national effort to eliminate open defecation across India still has a long way to go, a variety of local and regional efforts aimed specifically at changing behavioral norms are pointing the way forward.