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Water Policy Programme (WPP)
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Latest updates and events
Latest RiPPLE newsletter
March 2008
Peter Newborne answers YouTube's The Davos Question in a video blog entitled 'Delivering on the International Year of Sanitation'
January 2008
ODI on... The International Year of Sanitation
November 2007
Latest projects
Evaluation of WRAPP Water and Sanitation Programme in Southern Sudan
Aid effectiveness in the water and sanitation sector
RiPPLE logoRiPPLE: Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region
WPP audiovisual
Film front coverFilm: Money into Water, Water into Money
Film front cover Gallery: Water, livelihoods and economic growth in Ethiopia
Film front cover Video: SecureWater Film details linkages between water, livelihoods and poverty
Film front coverVideo: Kabuku Water Project-Kenya, Sustainable productive use of water
 

WPP aims to improve poverty reduction and social development through better water sector policy, programmes and projects.

Our work contributes to many ODI key themes, in particular water and sanitation , but also the environment and climate change, health, economic growth, governance and aid.

Research interests

WPP's research and consulting work encompasses a range of issues surrounding pro-poor service delivery, governance and conflict and environmental management.

With the expansion of our programme we have established three broad research ‘clusters' and are currently developing cross-cutting work on rights, shared waters, working in difficult environments and urban issues.

Venn diagram highlighting WPP's research interest Rights and duties Shared water Difficult environments Pro-poor service delivery Urban issues Environmental management

Latest resources
Blog Why the 'International Year of Sanitation' is no matter for prudery
Blog by Peter Newborne
BlogFluid Dynamics? Achieving greater progress on aid effectiveness in the water sector
Final report by Katharina Welle (lead author), Barbara Evans, Josephine Tucker with Susi Owusu
Blog Practical approaches to transboundary water benefit sharing
ODI Working Paper by Halla Qaddumi, former ODI Research Associate
Project Briefing front coverWhy is Harmonisation and Alignment difficult for donors? Lessons from the water sector
Project Briefing by Katharina Welle, Alan Nicol and Frank van Steenbergen
BlogEvaluation of Sector-wide approach in environment: Colombia Case Study Report
Research report by Peter Newborne, Francisco Javier Canal, Lidia Cabral and Rafael Gomez-R
BlogRethinking governance in water services
ODI Working Paper by Janelle Plummer and Tom Slaymaker