Public Policy Advisory Archives

Building a Resilient Digital Financial Ecosystem through Meaningful Inclusion
By Priyadharshini R. Alagarraj
COVID-19 has left a tangible impact on the financial sector’s key functions by posing several operational challenges—obstruction in physical...
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Assessing Institutional Capacity Among Town Water Utilities in Ethiopia
By Maya Gainer
As climate change, shifts in population, and other global factors contribute to unpredictable and uneven access to safe drinking...
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Water Balance Plans: The Importance of Co-production of Knowledge and Action for Integrated, Inclusive, and Resilient Management of Water Resources
By Anupama VS and Deepa Karthykeyan
Today, millions around the world are celebrating World Water Day. This year’s World Water Day theme—Valuing Water—serves as an...
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The Next Frontier of Rural Sanitation Policy in India: Health and Social equity
By Nikita Purty and Shruti Viswanathan
It has been one year since the Government of India declared all of rural India – Open Defecation Free...
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Designing an M&E System for Impact Evaluation: Tips for Program Designers and Evaluators!
By Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo) and Dr. Francis Rathinam
Not another blog! Isn’t measurement old hat? Excitingly, sixteen new Green Climate Fund (GCF) projects have just been invited...
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How Can We Fix the Gender Inequality in India’s Sanitation Woes?
By Deepa Karthykeyan
(The following article is an excerpt from the book ‘Voices on South Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women’s Status, Challenges...
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World Toilet Day: Enhancing Toilet Use in Ghana
By John Harvey
Almost 23% of people in Ghana do not have access to any sanitation facility, and only 15% use improved...
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Internships at Athena Infonomics: In Their Own Words
By John Harvey
An internship at Athena Infonomics allows you to develop, both professionally and by creating an impact in people’s everyday…
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Include Women in Decision Making to Mitigate the Effects of Drought
By Chloé Beaudet
India faces major water scarcity. How can including women in decision-making help deal with drought and how can successful…
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World Water Week 2019: WASH Updates
By John Harvey
In anticipation of the World Water Week 2019, we would like to share some of our work with our…
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Field Diary: Faecal Sludge Management and Monitoring in Kampala
By Jacinta Nekesa Nangabo & Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)
Field visit takeaways from a recent field visit to Kampala, Uganda for our BMGF funded project on developing an…
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Field Diary: From Sewerage to Sanitation for all in Lusaka
By Chris Elliot & Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC)
Field visit takeaways from a recent field visit to Lusaka, Zambia for our BMGF funded project on developing an…
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Field Diary: Climate Change and Water Management (IAdapt)
By Rachel Damery, Lindsey Fincham, Alexandra Hamilton, and Anuja Mohapatra
Field visit takeaways from a recent field visit to Vijayawada, India for our IDRC funded project on water management…
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Field Diary: Piped Water Supply in Mandalay, Myanmar
By Mael Balac
Field visit takeaways from a recent field visit to Mandalay, Myanmar for our IGC funded project on piped water…
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Internships at Athena Infonomics: Develop through Data
By John Harvey
An internship at Athena Infonomics allows you to develop, both professionally and by creating an impact in people’s everyday…
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When the Pits Fill Up: A Day in the Life of Sanitation Workers in Urban India
By C.S. Sharada Prasad and Isha Ray
A pictorial guest blog by C.S. Sharada Prasad and Isha Ray on the plight of sanitation workers in urban…
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Making ‘Digital India’ Work for Women
By Devkanya Chakravarty
This International Women’s Day, our Consultant Devkanya shares policy suggestions on how to make the ‘Digital India’ initiative more…
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Field Diary: Improving and Expanding Agricultural Micro-insurance for Indian Farmers
By Karina Asbjørnsen and Irene Rivera Calderón
Field visit takeaways from a recent field visit to Telangana (India) for a project to increase micro-insurance uptake among…
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Field Diary: Assessing Matching Grants in Nepal (PACT)
By Anusha Ghosh
Field visit takeaways from a recent field visit to Kathmandu, Nepal for project PACT. Athena is assessing the agriculture…
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Violence Against Women: The Cyclical Connection with Unpaid Labor
By Maria Jose
Understanding the link between how women’s unpaid labor is valued may improve our understanding the cyclical nature of violence…
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Where There Are No Sewers: The Toilet Cleaners of Lucknow
By C.S. Sharada Prasad and Isha Ray
A pictorial guest blog for World Toilet Day by C.S. Sharada Prasad and Isha Ray on the plight of…
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Ending Open Defecation in Rural India: Re-thinking our ‘Subsidy Policy’ and ‘Swacchagrahi Strategy’
By Deepa Karthykeyan
Interventions on open defecation in rural India can be improved through an analysis of the subsidy policy, writes Athena’s…
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World Toilet Day: From the Field
By Athena Infonomics Team
For World Toilet Day, our Consultants share their insights from recent field visits to our project sites in Trichy,…
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Urban Planning and Development: The Indian Challenge
By Dr. Shovan K. Saha
Although it took 40 years for Urban India to grow to 230 million, it will take only half of…
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Field Diary: Climate Change and Water Management (IAdapt)
By Ansu Alexander
Field visit takeaways from a recent field visit to Vijayawada, India for our IDRC funded project on water management…
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