Social network analysis is a tool that Sustainable WASH Systems partners use to better understand the actors in a WASH System, their relationship to each other, and the factors that affect their interactions.
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- Literature ReviewEndemic issues of sustainability in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector have led to the rapid expansion of ‘system approaches’ for assessing the multitude of interconnected factors that affect WASH outcomes.
- ReportA graveyard of failed water supply infrastructure across Africa points to the legacy of well-meaning but poorly-executed investments.
- ReportIn Kitui County, Kenya, an information gap exists on water coverage and quality of water service delivery for a large segment of the county population.
- BriefThis research brief presents findings from a comparative analysis by University of Colorado Boulder of the conditions that influence whether rural water users pay for preventive maintenance of water services. Whave, a part
- Case StudiesAt University of North Carolina’s 2018 Water and Health Conference, University of Colorado Boulder's Kimberly Pugel presented two case studies to highlight a method SWS is using to visualize the priorities of each actor within a network by co
- Fact SheetThis fact sheet highlights SWS’s work in Kitui County, Kenya, where Oxford and UNICEF are developing, scaling-up, and testing the FundiFix model as one response to Kitui County’s rural water challenge.
- Fact SheetThis fact sheet highlights SWS’s work in Uganda, where Whave is working to cultivate a sustainable model for rural water service delivery by testing a preventive maintenance approach in three pilot districts.
- Fact SheetSustainable services remain a daunting challenge in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. Traditionally, national and local governments, WASH service providers, and development partners have focused on the constr
- Central ProgramThrough the innovative SWS Learning Partnership, USAID seeks to learn how to improve the sustainability of WASH services by using systems approaches.