
April 4, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Best Practices
Assessing Conflict in Water Development
This guidance document provide a lens through which water development practitioners can identify and assess existing or future conflict associated with their water projects and...More

January 26, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Community-based Savings and Loans Schemes for Improved Livelihoods and WASH Service Delivery - the Northern Ghana Experience
A CRS project in northern Ghana uses savings groups to help rural communities build useful lump sums of money without excessive debt or interest payments. The groups are organized...More

November 30, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
What to Consider When Establishing a Strong Private and Public Partnership in Water Access and Management
From 2009 to 2013, Catholic Relief Services worked with private sector actors within two projects in Madagascar to improve access to safe water and sanitation services. This brief...More

September 22, 2014
Research›Papers/Reports
Literature Review of Land Tenure in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali
This paper describes options for engaging with the complex issue of land tenure as it relates to broader social, economic, and environmental resilience in the Sahel regions of...More

July 15, 2009
Tools for Field Staff›Best Practices
Water and Conflict
Much of the world’s population lacks adequate clean water, either because of physical scarcity or because they are denied equitable access to water resources. Such conditions...More