WICER is an initiative by the World Bank’s Global Water Practice to help embrace and implement circular and resilience principles in the water sector around the world.

This handbook takes a practical approach in guiding its target readers, which comprise policy makers, governments and government agencies, private sector actors, and development institution partners, on how to deliver effective design and operation strategies, combined with financing models, to implement and sustainably expand use of irrigation.

This guide focuses on small-town wastewater treatment, starting with key concepts for decision-makers. It presents a five-step approach for selecting appropriate technologies, supported by case studies from three regions. The guide also covers external factors influencing technology choice and specific technology details.

Ofwat's primary role is to regulate the water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.

This guidance note provides practical suggestions for addressing gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in projects, and suggest five strategies to help deliver these suggestions and achieve sanitation for all.

The identifies lessons for each sector and cross-cutting lessons for both energy and water operations centered on promoting financial and operational discipline (regardless of private or public ownership), and institutional governance and accountability.

To learn more about this sector, visit Water and Sanitation Public Private Partnerships.

Tracking Number: EWURA(TZ)_2014_English

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PPP in Watershed Management - Does Watershed Development Implemented through Public Private Partnership Empower Women? A Case Review from Rajasthan, Western India, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013 (fee for purchase)

Briefing Notes, Gender and Development Group, The World Bank, March 2007

The publication explores why gender issues are important in the water and sanitation sector, how the World Bank is integrating gender in water supply and sanitation (WSS) activities and gives three examples of innovative approaches to integrate gender. One example shows how the private sector engaged women to make bricks for latrines in South Africa.
 

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