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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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Nathaniel Mason
Nathaniel Mason

Nathaniel Mason

Research Fellow, Water Policy

Nat's research background is in pro-poor service delivery, financing and policy, and the political and technical dimensions of water security.

His work at ODI ranges from researching the links between WASH services and peace- and state-building in fragile contexts; to writing policy briefings on water security metrics; to coordinating ODI inputs to a 4 year, multi-country EC research project on irrigation in Africa.

Nat previously worked for WaterAid in the UK and Nepal, on a number of policy-oriented research projects around financing water supply and sanitation in developing countries. He joined ODI after a period with the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank, Nairobi helping research and write the second round of Country Status Overviews – produced in collaboration with over thirty countries, for the African Ministers’ Council on Water.

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Relationships between water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) service delivery and peace-building and state-building: a review of the literature

Publication - Discussion papers - 17 December 2012
ODI Working Papers 362
Nathaniel Mason
There is an increasing desire among policy and programming communities for service delivery in fragile and conflict affected states and situations to yield peace-building and state-building benefits. This paper maps the theoretical relationships and assesses the state of the evidence, which is found to be patchy for service delivery in general, and more so for WASH services.
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Examining the role of WASH services within peace- and state- building processes: findings from Tearfund programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of South Sudan

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 October 2012
Leni Wild and Nathaniel Mason
This synthesis report presents the findings of a one-year DFID-funded research project implemented by Tearfund and ODI, which explores the links between service delivery of water supply, hygiene and sanitation and the wider processes of state-building and peace-building in fragile and conflict-affected states.
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The private sector’s contribution to water management: re-examining corporate purposes and company roles

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 9 October 2012
Water Alternatives Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 603-618
Peter Newborne and Nathaniel Mason
Corporate water policies are evolving and practices developing, raising issues of what are appropriate private-sector roles in water management. Leaders of multinational companies have pledged to increase water use efficiencies in company plants/premises and down supply chains, while promoting partnerships in water management with a range of actors, public and private, including local communities. A set of questions is, here, posed for consideration by governments and communities, on the extent, limits and implications of private-sector involvement, particularly in contexts of water scarcity.
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