There is a growing recognition that the state is not the sole provider of “local public goods”
such as water and education in the develo** world. Mainstream approaches to the study …

Qualitative comparative analysis is an established research method that has been
underutilized in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) research. It has immense potential …

Over the past three decades, decentralization and reforms designed to insulate service
providers from interference by elected officials (“insulating reforms”), such as corporatization …

Off-grid, decentralised water infrastructures are increasingly being promoted to help cities
meet their water delivery targets and build resilient water systems in the face of changing …

Millions of urbanites across the Global South receive intermittent water supply (IWS). This
paper examines how discretionary action by street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) in everyday …

This article highlights how the governance of the water sector affects the strategies and
tactics urban residents use to gain improved access to water for household consumption in …

Problem, research strategy, and findings Planners have not paid enough attention to
managing the risk of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), of which COVID-19 is the most …

Through structured interviews and statistical analyses, this study investigated access to
water and strategies of 1227 vulnerable households in Bandung, Indonesia. The use of …

In a study to identify strategies to deal with rapid urbanization and threatening climate
change, in Can Tho City, Vietnam, a survey of 1200 households was undertaken to …

This article explains changes in the literature on urban water privatization in low-and middle-
income countries and demonstrates the need for a revised research agenda. Since the …