Rural Development Links

Water & Sanitation

DFID/IUDD Water Knowledge and Research Programme
Provides updates about the progress of DFID's research projects in the water sector, particularly those supported by DFID.
www.dfid-kar-water.net/home.shtml

EarthTrends
A n online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our worl, including data on ecosystems, water, population, energy, agriculture and biodiversity, among others, in easily accessible formats.
earthtrends.wri.org/

Gender and Water Alliance
GWA incorporates the different social relationships and roles of women and men, poor and rich communities, and minority and majority cultures in the different uses of water and water and sanitation services.
www.genderandwater.org/

Global Water Partnership
The Global Water Partnership is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others.
www.gwpforum.org/servlet/PSP

International Water Association
Connects the broad community of water professionals around the globe - integrating the leading edge of professional thought on research and practice, regulators and the regulated, across national boundaries and across the drinking water, wastewater and stormwater disciplines.
www.iwahq.org.uk/

International Water Management Institute
IWMI is a non-profit scientific organization funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IWMI’s research agenda is organized around four priority themes covering key issues relating to land, water, livelihoods, health and environment.
www.iwmi.cgiar.org/

Overseas Development Institute Water Policy Programme
ODI WPP’s mission is to improve poverty reduction and social development through better water sector policy, programmes and projects. Their work encompasses a range of issues surrounding pro-poor service delivery, governance and conflict and environmental management.
www.odi.org.uk/wpp/index.html

UNICEF Water, Environment and Sanitation
UNICEF works in more than 90 countries around the world to improve water supplies and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to promote safe hygiene practices.
http://www.unicef.org/wes/

WaterAid
An international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.
http://www.wateraid.org.uk/

Water and Sanitation Programme, rural and small towns
WSP is broad-based partnership administered by the World Bank.WSP's strategy for providing better rural water supply and sanitation services focuses on supporting institutional reform. The Programme supports national decentralisation efforts and works to reform sector strategy and policy.
www.wsp.org/03_Rural.asp

Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University
An institution concerned with education, training, research, and consultancy relating to the planning, provision, and management of infrastructure for development. WEDC is devoted to activities that improve the health and well-being of people living in both rural areas and urban communities.
http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
An international organisation that enhances collaboration in the water supply and sanitation sector to accelerate the achievement of sustainable water, sanitation and waste management services to all people, with special attention to the unserved poor.
www.wsscc.org/

World Health Organisation water and sanitation
Works on aspects of water, sanitation and hygiene where the health burden is high and where interventions could make a major difference and where the present state of knowledge is poor
www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/

World Water Council
WWC’s mission is to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient management and use of water in all its dimensions and on an environmentally sustainable basis.
www.worldwatercouncil.org/

Cranfield University, Institute of water and environment
The institute’s contributions to current thinking lie in the fields of irrigation development and management, and rural domestic water supply, in less developed countries. It has a particular interest in the legal and human rights issues associated with water as a basic need.
www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk/iwe/expertise/wpolicy.htm