A new article published by Johanna Koehler in Geoforum presents novel insights into Kenya’s devolution and water service reform drawing on perceptions by all devolved county water ministries.
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Water for Sustainable Development: what can we hope for the coming decade?
For World Water Day, our directors reflect on how REACH will contribute to the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development through our work on managing the water quality trade-offs associated with industrialisation and urbanisation.
In search of acceptable, accessible and affordable drinking water services – A tale of households in coastal Bangladesh
Following a visit in Khulna District, Bangladesh, Dr Sonia Hoque reflects on the diversity of drinking water services and risks in Polder 29, and their implications for water security.
Beyond climate-proofing – considering gender implications of water insecurity in Burkina Faso
Research in Burkina Faso, as part of a REACH Catalyst grant, explores the gender dimensions of vulnerability and adaptation to water insecurity and long term climatic changes.
Too much, too little: the economic impacts of rainfall availability and variability on the Awash basin
A new study published in Ecological Economics, assesses the economic impacts of rainfall shocks on agriculture, industrial and services sectors and on households in Ethiopia’s Awash basin.
Towards establishing a ‘risk threshold’ in the Awash river basin, Ethiopia | Part I
Following a visit in the Awash basin in November 2017, Dr Catherine Grasham reflects on what ‘water risk’ means to different water users in the basin.
Water security and poverty in coastal Bangladesh: can modelling be of help?
Recent REACH research unveils how modelling can be used to examine the links between water risk and poverty for an embanked area in coastal Bangladesh.
Making water permits work for the poor in Africa
A comparative study across five African countries explores how to make water permit systems more effective and pro-poor.
Understanding empowerment and water security with pastoralist women in Kenya
Research in the Samburu and Maasai communities in Northern Kenya reveals some surprising perspectives on water security and women’s empowerment.
Life on the banks of a polluted river
The Turag River so polluted that it jeopardises the water security and health of workers and communities living on the riverbanks in Dhaka, Bangladesh.