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Water
Providing water and sanitation for all in an equitable and sustainable way is central to achieving global justice for poor women and men. Despite successive global declarations and efforts, the situation remains appalling with millions suffering from lack of access. Simplistic portrayals of water and sanitation 'crises' have often led to misunderstandings on the nature of the problem and how to address it. The result has been a failure to centralise the needs and interests of the poor and marginalised within different solutions.
Water Justice Programme
The Water Justice Programme (WaJuP) is part of the KNOTS Team at IDS. WaJuP critically examines the politics and pathways of water and sanitation policy and practice through interdisciplinary research on access, rights and control over these key resources. Through this research we ask how future global action on water and sanitation and water resources management can centralise the needs of the poor and most marginalised.
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'Shit Matters': Addressing development's most compelling challenge
Published: 23 Mar 2011
Despite renewed global attention, top-down approaches to rural sanitation are failing. A new IDS study reveals the potential of a radically different approach that could help solve the sanitation crisis.
Addressing the water crisis: further (collective) failure is not an option
Published: 22 Mar 2011
The global aid system is still failing to provide water and sanitation for all. On World Water Day, IDS researchers reflect on past failures and draw lessons for the future.
New STEPS film 'Water and justice' launched for World Water Day
Published: 21 Mar 2011
On World Water Day, the ESRC STEPS Centre, based at IDS, launches a new film called Water and justice: Peri-urban pathways in Delhi.
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Latest Publications on Water »
- (2012) '‘Some for All?’ Politics and Pathways in Water and Sanitation', IDS Bulletin 43.2, Brighton: IDS
- Weinthal, E., Troell, J. and Nakayama, M. (2011) Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding , London: Earthscan
- Allouche, J. (2011) 'An Anachronistic Weberian Conception of State Building? Informal Providers, Service Delivery, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction' in Weinthal, E., Troell, J. and Nakayama, M. (eds), Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding , London: Earthscan
- Kar, K. and Milward, K. (2011) 'Digging in, Spreading out and Growing up: Introducing CLTS in Africa', IDS Practice Paper 8, Brighton: IDS
- Mehta, L. and Movik, S. (2011) Shit Matters: The Potential of Community-Led Total Sanitation, Rugby: Practical Action Publishing
Related Resources
- IDS Knowledge Services on Water and Sanitation
- BLDS Subject Guide on Water
- Livelihoods Connect Dossier on Water and Sanitation
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