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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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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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How to Build a Data System for Urban Malaria Surveillance
By Susannah Horton
Vector borne communicable diseases such as malaria pose a significant public health threat in urban clusters. Sprawling cities have been identified...
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Expanding Chennai: 4 Key Considerations for a Smooth Transition
By Praveen Ravi
With our head office and origins in Chennai (also known as Madras), Madras day is a focal point for...
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Greater Research is Needed on Mental Health and Urban Planning in the Global South
By Samvita Kalyan Kumar
The link between urban living and mental health has been long established, even as early as the 1900s when...
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Spouse’s Signature in Loan Contracts – Signing Off on Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment
By Ambrin M
Demanding a spousal signature for loan contracts has an implicit permission stemming from the underlying power dynamic relating to…
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Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: Role and Relevance in Central Government Schemes
By Riddhi Banerjee
Monitoring and Evaluation within the ambit of Government schemes is becoming an increasingly important phenomenon as Governments are being...
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4 Reasons Why Cities Need to Revisit Sanitation Strategies
By Praveen Ravi
A look at the State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) proposed by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).
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4 Reasons Why Indian Legislators Need to Understand and Act on Climate Change
By Uttara Narayan
Given India’s pledges on climate change, how can we compel legislators to act and ensure resources are in place…
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The Need to Strengthen Legislative Action on Sustainable Development
By Uttara Narayan
Climate-informed policy decisions that successfully mitigate environmental concerns within the state’s development agenda are the need of the hour....
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Data Systems in India: The Case for an Audacious Overhaul
By Adarsh Mathew
This blog is an outcome of a discussion on the current state of data systems in India and the...
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How Can Chennai Listen Better to Data? A Case for Putting Data to Work in Cities
By Deepa Karthykeyan
During a recent brainstorming exercise on ‘designing interventions to improve the status of Solid Waste Management’ in a pilot...
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Are we ready for Direct Benefit Transfer through Aadhaar?
By Praveen Ravi
In an interesting development, the Central Government has decided to move forward on Aadhaar based DBT for PDS. The...
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