scholarly journals Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Guidance Note: Addressing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Urban Sanitation Projects

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Guidance Note ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Essential Knowledge ◽  
Underserved Groups ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

This guidance note underscores why addressing gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) is fundamental to the success of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) project success. Equity and inclusion is one of the four elements of CWIS. As such, CWIS projects need activities to target specific unserved and underserved groups, including women and children, ethnic minorities, the urban poor, and persons with disabilities. This guidance note is part of a series that aims to share essential knowledge to embed CWIS principles in planning and delivering sanitation services to ADB developing member countries. These learning materials were prepared by ADB’s Water Sector Group and structured along the ADB project processing cycle.

scholarly journals Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Guidance Note: Inclusive Financial Mechanisms: Improving Access to Sanitation Services for Poor Households

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Guidance Note ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Essential Knowledge ◽  
Processing Cycle

This guidance note outlines key considerations and practical steps to take in designing citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) projects on affordable and sustainable sanitation services for the urban poor. Funding for sanitation must be utilized effectively to reach those most in need of support. This guidance note explains how different financing mechanisms can be applied to provide affordable sanitation services to poor households. It is part of a series that aims to share essential knowledge to embed CWIS principles in planning and delivering sanitation services to ADB developing member countries. These learning materials were prepared by ADB’s Water Sector Group and structured along the ADB project processing cycle.

scholarly journals Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Guidance Note: What Is Citywide Inclusive Sanitation and Why Is It Needed?

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Human Waste ◽  
Service Chain ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Guidance Note ◽  
Essential Knowledge ◽  
Processing Cycle

This guidance note explains how the concept of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) for developing more comprehensive, effective, and sustainable sanitation services in urban areas. CWIS focuses on providing urban areas with access to and benefits from adequate and sustainable sanitation services, including the safe, effective, and sustainable management of all human waste along the whole sanitation service chain. This guidance note is part of a series that aims to share essential knowledge to embed CWIS principles in planning and delivering sanitation services to ADB developing member countries. These learning materials were prepared by ADB’s Water Sector Group and structured along the ADB project processing cycle.

Pro-poor strategies for urban water supply and sanitation services delivery in Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Cross ◽  
A. Morel
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Dramatic Rise

Water utilities in Africa find it increasingly difficult to provide adequate services to the needy areas: their core business operations are often stagnant, compounded by a dramatic rise in peri-urban and poor settlements. To address these challenges, the Water and Sanitation Program Africa has designed a work program to disseminate the best practice in pro-poor service development and to help utilities and municipal authorities to develop roadmaps to the MDGs for their service areas. Activities will primarily be directed at: (i) helping utilities and municipal authorities to include pro-poor objectives in their reform; and, (ii) working jointly with local partners, CBOs and NGOs, and SSPs to develop strategies and actions specifically targeting informal settlements. WSP-AF will focus on utilities that are engaged in reform or planning to do so. This program builds on support developed for Water Utility Partnership (WUP#5). Key entry points for pro-poor strategies: (i) pro-poor tariffs and financing mechanisms for service improvement, (ii) institutional arrangements to improve services to the urban poor, (iii) pro-poor transaction design (including regulation and monitoring), (iv) advocacy and communications regarding the urban poor, and (v) consumer voice and civil society engagement.

scholarly journals Exploring Equity and Inclusion in Malawi’s National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy and Implementation Plan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikenna D Ebuenyi ◽  
Emma M. Smith ◽  
Alister Munthali ◽  
Steven W. Msowoya ◽  
Juba Kafumba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Implementation Plan ◽  
Analytical Methodology ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Policy Development Process ◽  
Inclusive Processes ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

Abstract Background: Equity and inclusion are important principles in policy development and implementation. The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which equity and inclusion were considered in the development of Malawi’s National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy and Implementation Plan. Methods: We applied an analytical methodology to review the Malawi’s National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy and Implementation Plan using the EquIPP (Equity and Inclusion in Policy Processes) tool. The EquIPP tool assesses 17 Key Actions to explore the extent of equity and inclusion. Results: The development of the Malawi National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy and Implementation Plan was informed by a desire to promote the rights, opportunities and wellbeing of persons with disability in Malawi. The majority (58%) of the Key Actions received a rating of three, indicating evidence of clear, but incomplete or only partial engagement of persons with disabilities in the policy process. Three (18%) of the Key Actions received a rating of four indicating that all reasonable steps to engage in the policy development process were observed. Four (23%) of the Key Actions received a score five indicating a reference to Key Action in the core documents in the policy development process. Conclusion: The development of disability policies and associated implementation strategies requires equitable and inclusive processes that consider input from all stakeholders especially those whose wellbeing depend on such policies. It is pivotal for government and organisations in the process of policy or strategy development and implementation, to involve stakeholders in a virtuous process of co-production – co-implementation – co-evaluation, which may strengthen both the sense of inclusion and the effectiveness of the policy life-cycle.

Impact of Urban Basic Services on Immunization Coverage In a Slum Area of Northern India

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Chandra ◽  
V K Srivastava ◽  
S Nirupam
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Child Survival ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Northern India ◽  
Survival And Development ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The Impact

The Urban Basic Services (UBS) programme was launched in some of the urban slums in the major cities of India in the year 1986. The main objective of the Urban Basic Services (UBS) Program is to improve and upgrade the quality of life of the urban poor, particularly the women and children. The major thrust area under the UBS programme includes child survival and development, learning opportunities for women and children, water and sanitation, and community organization. The present study attempts to find out the impact of the UBS Program in terms of the immunization coverage carried out in slums covered by UBS and comparing it with non-UBS slums using the 30-cIuster sampling technique as suggested by WHO. The percentage of fully immunized children was higher (16.2%) in the UBS slums compared to 10.9% in non-UBS slums. The immunization coverage of children was slightly better in the UBS slums for BCG, DPT and Oral Polio Vaccines, while for measles it was 18.6% in UBS slums and 11.9% in non-UBS slums. The dropout rates for I to III doses of DPT was much higher (36.4%) in non-UBS slums as compared to 28% in UBS slums. The availability of immunization cards was found to be higher in both mothers (16.7%) and children (22.4%) in UBS slums compared to the non-UBS ones (5.2% and 8.6% respectively). The slums thus covered under the UBS program have done marginally better in immunization but it appears that to assess the overall impact of UBS, all the components of services and not merely immunization should be assessed.

Addressing the Drivers of Digital Technology for Disability-Inclusive Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-57
Author(s):  
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo ◽  
Deepti Samant Raja
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Technical Change ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The Social ◽  
Digital Development

Digital technologies represent the fastest, broadest, and deepest technical change experienced in international development, affecting every sector. Inclusive and accessible technology increases access by persons with disabilities to markets, spaces, and services. This has raised opportunities as well as the stakes, to ensure that technology-driven development is inclusive of the diverse needs of persons with disabilities. Digital ecosystems can evolve to advance toward the social inclusion, economic self-sufficiency, and resilience of persons with disabilities. There are success stories, but also continuing inequities and gaps in access, affordability, and usage of technology by persons with disabilities. Ultimately, investments in infrastructure, skills, regulation, and institutions are necessary to ensure accessible and inclusive digital development.

The Impact of a School Board’s One-to-One iPad Initiative on Equity and Inclusion

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori C. Kirkpatrick ◽  
Heather M. Brown ◽  
Michelle J. Searle ◽  
Adrienne E. Sauder ◽  
Eric Smiley
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Student Affect ◽  
One To One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

This paper examines the impact of a school board’s one-to-one iPad initiative on equity and inclusion. Data include: questionnaires from Grade 7–9 students, teachers, and administrators; focus groups with inclusion coaches; and interviews with classroom teachers. The results show that the iPads have supported equity among students in the district; there is now less disparity in terms of access to technology on the basis of families’ socio-economic status. The results show that the iPads have also supported the academic and social inclusion of students with exceptionalities; themes that arose across the data sources include: differentiation of content, access to grade-level curriculum, the appearance of sameness, communication and collaboration among students with and without exceptionalities, and positive student affect. Negative implications included the potential for students who struggle with self-regulation to be negatively affected and the potential for the technology to be used in socially exclusionary ways.

scholarly journals A Cross-sectional Survey of Rehabilitation Service Provision for Children with Brain Injury in Selangor, Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Ee Lin Tay ◽  
Chee Piau Wong
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Persons With Disabilities

Purpose:  Rehabilitation services in Malaysia are provided by both governmental and non-governmental agencies but there are challenges, such as the lack of integration between agencies, and accessibility barriers to services especially for the population of urban poor and people in the rural areas. With the help of a survey, this project aimed to gain a better understanding of rehabilitation services provided for children with brain injury within the state of Selangor and Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.Method:  A list of 205 organisations that provide rehabilitation services for children with neurological injuries was compiled. The researchers attempted to verify the services by visiting the facilities or via telephone or email communication if visits were not possible.Results: The researchers were able to verify 83% of the organisations identified. There are 40 hospitals and 17 service providers for acute and / or chronic physical rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities of all ages, including children.Conclusion: Findings showed the unequal distribution of rehabilitation service provision by districts. Service providers were concentrated in the urban areas. Setting up new healthcare facilities is one of the solutions but the costs for development, construction, and manpower could be high. An alternative solution is proposed, namely, the use of a home-based virtual rehabilitation programme.

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