We want your opinion on WASH & Sustainability
Improve International seeks to end the unacceptably high failure rates of water and sanitation interventions in developing countries. To support our mission,... Read More
Guest Blog: Re-launch of the Water Point Data Exchange
by Brian Banks, Global Water Challenge Over the past decade, a dramatic shift has taken place in the international water sector that... Read More
Defecate where you donate
By Susan Davis, Executive Director On a recent trip, a colleague told a story about visiting a rural community with representatives of... Read More
What WASH can learn from the Game of Thrones
By Susan Davis, Executive Director [This blog is based on a talk Susan gave at FailFest DC on December 10, 2015. If... Read More
You are invited: survey on US WASH Donor Effectiveness
Improve International is conducting a survey about US WASH Donor Effectiveness. We are looking for opinions from representatives of organizations that implement... Read More
Sometimes fairy tales lead to nightmares
By Susan Davis, Executive Director Last week, at a conference organized by college students, I spoke about lessons learned in water, sanitation... Read More
The Water Data Point Exchange needs your input!
By Susan Davis, Executive Director I am a member of the Water Point Data Exchange (WPDx) working group along with the others... Read More
How can we make evidence-based decisions…without evidence
By Susan Davis, Executive Director As we’ve shared before, it’s hard to find evaluations of the work of many WASH organizations, never... Read More
Philanthropy Must Evolve
By Katie Scolari Borden, Strategic Advisor to Improve International Katie has more than a decade of experience in non-profit fundraising, strategy and... Read More
Water on the brain: the discomfort of cognitive dissonance
By Susan Davis, Executive Director Are you working on international development? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable? This might sound a bit like... Read More
Resolution: guidelines for addressing problems with water systems
By Susan Davis, Executive Director, Improve International Here are my talking points from today’s Resolution webinar: What is resolution? As a reminder,... Read More
Why water systems fail part 9: lack of government support
By Susan Davis, Executive Director What leads to success or failure of water systems? Everything we read points to a complex mix... Read More
Why water systems fail part 8: community-based management
By Susan Davis, Executive Director What leads to success or failure of water systems? Everything we read points to a complex mix... Read More
Why water systems fail part 6: lack of ongoing training
By Susan Davis, Executive Director What leads to success or failure of water systems? Everything we read points to a complex mix... Read More
Why water systems fail part 5: insufficient training
By Susan Davis, Executive Director What leads to success or failure of water systems? Everything we read points to a complex mix... Read More
Why water systems fail part 4: poor implementation
By Susan Davis, Executive Director What leads to success or failure of water systems? Everything we read points to a complex mix... Read More
How, not why WASH
By Susan Davis, Executive Director, Improve International I was excited to attend the session on “Making Evidence Count in the WASH Sector”... Read More
Meters for Management
By Susan Davis, Executive Director, Improve International The 2012 Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS report) indicates that official... Read More
The Years of Magical Thinking in the Water and Sanitation Sector
By Susan Davis, Executive Director, Improve International Each year the United Nations highlights a theme for the year in water. Last year... Read More