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Oxfam water tank being assembled in Dadaab. Flickr, Oxfam International, http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam/6096456935/
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The ODI Water Policy Programme links high quality research with practical policy advice on water issues with a bearing on poverty. Our aim is to provoke, contribute to and influence debates on water and sanitation through collaboration with a wide variety of government, donor, civil society and private sector partners.
A man washes his hands during cholera prevention session in the Guinean capital Conakry. Nancy Palus/IRIN
Time for sanitation to share the spotlight

To mark World Water Day, Julian Doczi calls for action to redress the imbalance of priorities in water management.

Darfuris Receive Efficient Water Rollers. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran
Access to water pays double dividends

In an article on Reuters AlertNet, Nathaniel Mason explores how water service delivery water and sanitation may help to reinforce cooperation in conflict-affected situations.

Local residents gather to collect water from a nearby community well. Flickr, Gates Foundation (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation/5121923716/)
The political economy of local adaptation planning

Why has development struggled to deal with uncertainty? Drawing on research from Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique this report explores how barriers to forward-looking decision-making may be overcome.

Orke Otta walks with a jerrycan full of clean water Abba Roba Konso Ethiopia
Why tackling water security needs a human face

Access to water rather than its availability is what counts. In Ethiopia, complex trade-offs, coping mechanisms, and social arrangements are at play when pursuing water security, says Josephine Tucker.

Water Policy
The ODI Water Policy Programme links high quality research with practical policy advice on water issues with a bearing on poverty. Our aim is to provoke, contribute to and influence debates on water and sanitation through collaboration with a wide variety of government, donor, civil society and private sector partners.
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