Course: Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2: Developing Effective Interventions
Modules:
Welcome to the course - Introduction, Video 1-0 Introducing the role of ancient instincts, Video 1-1 Ancient instincts 1: State and public rejection of water policy proposals, Video 1-2 Ancient instincts 2: Examples, Video 1-3 Ancient instincts 3: Water-related, Video 1-4 Ancient instincts 4: Water policy-related
Video 2-0 Does better planning result in better outcomes? An example from Bolivia, Video 2-1 Four types of planning protocols commonly used around the world, Video 2-2 Demand-driven planning: Designing for community preferences and affordability, Video 2-3 Do demand-driven planning protocols work? Evidence from Bolivia, Ghana and Peru, Video 2-4 When do participatory, demand-driven approaches work best? Evidence from a World Bank study, Video 2-5 Conversation between Arif Hasan and Diana Mitlin on participation
Video 3-0 Introducing municipal water pricing and tariff design, Video 3-1 What are the objectives of tariff design?, Video 3-2 Possible types of tariff structures, Video 3-3 Current tariff structures in low and middle-income countries, Video 3-4 Problems with increasing block tariffs (IBTs), Video 3-5 Designing and targeting subsidies in the water and sanitation sector in LDCs, Video 3-6 Distribution of subsidies in Chile and Colombia, Video 3-7 Evidence on subsidy schemes in Chile and Colombia, Video 3-8 Designing improved water subsidy schemes
Video 4-0 Introduction to information treatments as a policy intervention, Video 4-1 Information treatment Case 1: In-house water quality testing, Video 4-2 Information treatment Case 2: Information provision via water bills and evidence from OWASA, Chapel Hill, USA, Video 4-3 Information treatment Case 3: Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Video 4-4 Information treatment Case 3: Evidence from CLTS in Mali, West Africa, Video 4-5 Information treatment Case 4: Information provision via water bills in Jerico, Colombia, Video 4-6 Information treatment Case 4: UN Declaration on the Human Right to Water, Video 4-7 Conversation with Barbara Evans on CLTS, Video 4-8 Conservation with Kamal Kar on CLTS (in 7 parts)
Video 5-0 Introduction to public private partnerships (PPP), Video 5-1 The seven main types of PPP deal structures, Video 5-2 Some challenges of PPPs from the private operator’s perspective, Video 5-3 Do PPPs improve performance? Evidence from a World Bank study, Video 5-4 Comparative experiences with PPPs in the water and sanitation sector: China versus India, Video 5-5 Conversation with Wu Xun on privatization in China and India, Video 5-6 Conversation with Leong Ching on the devil’s shift in water privatization in Jakarta, Indonesia, Video 5-7 Conversation with Eduardo Araral on water privatization in Manila, Republic of the Philippines
Video 6-0 The significance of institutional change in the UK water sector: Privatization and regulation, Video 6-1 The historical setting and promises of the UK privatization programme, Video 6-2 Why full divestiture for the England and Wales water industry? Four prerequisites, Video 6-3 Determining a sale price for the England and Wales water industry, Video 6-4 Some outcomes of UK water privatization, part 1: Good news, Video 6-5 Some outcomes of UK water privatization, part 2: Bad news, Video 6-6 Some outcomes of UK water privatization, part 3: Unclear future?
Video 7-0 Regulation of the water utilities in LDCs, Video 7-1 UK water regulation 1: The original vision, Video 7-2 UK water regulation 2: Evolution in practice, 1989 to 2016, Video 7-3 UK water regulation 3: Innovation and future challenges, Video 7-4 Conservation with Stephen Littlechild on inventing the UK regulatory model, Video 7-5 Conservation with Regina Finn on reforming UK water regulation, Video 7-6 The case of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Video 7-7 Part 2 MOOC Overall Wrap-up, Part 1: Definitions and terminology: ‘Virtual water’, publishing it and its critiques; blue, green, big and small water; problem-sheds and watersheds; valuing labour, land and water, Part 2: Global ‘virtual water’ solutions for agricultural ‘big water’ and local solutions for urban ‘small water’, Part 3: Politics, risks and communities around water and food security: Water, environmental and financial accountants; food producers, markets and consumers, Part 4: Global trends in water and food: Food security, population, virtual water trade, international relations and peace, Part 5: New technologies and approaches for global challenges around water scarcity: Urban water recycling and desalination in Israel, Part 6: Ancient instincts, entitlement to water, privatisation, and remaining unaware of ‘big water’ in food, Part 7: ‘Virtual water’ as an inter-disciplinary innovation for water policy and water politics, Part 8: Water metrics for ‘virtual water’: Origins, uptake and impact of water footprinting, Part 9: Professor Allan’s university working conditions when ‘virtual water’ was invented and adopted, Part 10: Professor Allan’s advice for students to become creative, courageous, well-read and effective water policy researchers