A new study, led by IWMI and the Pegasys Institute and funded by REACH through an Accelerated grant, explains the state of water permitting in sub-Saharan Africa and proposes a hybrid approach to water law as the way forward.
South Asia
REACH Early-Career Researcher Feature: Understanding water-logging issues in coastal Bangladesh
Md Saif Uddin, PhD Fellow at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, discusses how his research as part of the REACH programme aims to understand and address water-logging and river sedimentation issues in coastal Bangladesh.
REACH Early-Career Researcher Feature: How women bear the brunt of water-related risks in coastal Bangladesh
Sabrina Zaman, an MPhil student at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, shares insights from her REACH research looking at the impacts of water insecurity on women in coastal Bangladesh.
Safe Water for All
Following a REACH High-Level Symposium in Dhaka on 12 April, Dr Rob Hope, Prof Mashfiqus Salehin and Dara Johnston reflect on how the REACH programme is advancing work in collaboration with government, practice and private sector stakeholders to deliver water security for the poor.
WSUP-REACH Research call: £80,000 available to explore attitudes to urban river pollution in Bangladesh
REACH and the WSUP-led Urban Sanitation Research Initiative are jointly commissioning a 12-months research project to explore citizen and decision-maker attitudes to water pollution in Bangladeshi cities.
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.
Call for applications: £150,000 available for researchers to Explore Inequalities in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Kenya
We are launching a call for applications for studies ‘Exploring Inequalities’ in three of our eight REACH Observatories: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Wukro (Ethiopia), and Kitui (Kenya).
Five grants awarded to REACH Catalyst projects to expand their work in Africa and Asia
Over £796,000 in REACH funding has been awarded to five Catalyst projects to expand their work and continue to contribute to the REACH programme’s aim to improve water security for five million poor people.
Challenges and opportunities to achieve ‘safely managed’ drinking water in rural Bangladesh
A water audit was conducted in 2017 in Chandpur and Comilla Districts, Bangladesh, exploring issues relating to water access, affordability, reliability and safety, in support of national strategies to achieve safe water for all.
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.
