India (Andhra Pradesh)
WASHCost India is implemented in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Over the last 25 years, Andhra Pradesh moved towards the forefront of developing and piloting innovative approaches to WASH service delivery and watershed development. WASHCost India aims to build on this accumulated knowledge and expertise. Working in close cooperation with the Department of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, the lead partner for WASHCost India is the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS). The other two partners are the Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN) and the Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management Institute (LNRMI).
Learning alliances
WASHCost India looks at learning alliance as a means of spreading the lessons learned during the project period and believes that these learning processes require a different set of norms and support systems.
Interviews
The WASHCost India team interviews policy makers, village leaders, project managers, citizens, opinion makers and donors and captures their current thinking on various issues related to the WASH sector.
Good practices in WASH
The WASHCost project analyses the life-cycle costs of various WASH services. The Resource, Infrastructure, Demand and Access (RIDA) framework is the basis for this analysis. Good practices are presented here in case studies.
