India

Reducing Childhood Lead Poisoning

Reducing the Threat of Toxic Chemical Pollution Project Overview Pollution is the largest environmental cause of death in the world. The goal of the project was to assist governments and communities heavily impacted by toxic pollution in poor countries to take locally led action at the community, regional and/or national… Read More

The State of Urban Water and Sanitation in India

he report aims to be a comprehensive collection and analysis of past and current policies and programs and provides insights into the reasons for several gaps that become apparent when the sector is viewed holistically. Read More

A Ward-by-Ward Approach to Eliminating Open Defecation Experience from Visakhapatnam, India

This publication documents work completed under the program ‘Capacity Building for Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban: Technical Support to USAID - Government of India Knowledge Partnership’ by Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor Advisory India (WAI). Read More

Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change: What Works Where, and Why

ISET worked with stakeholders in 15 cities in 5 countries — Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Thailand and the United States — to identify the challenges climate change will pose for these cities and to begin the process of systematically building city resilience to climate change in the face of those challenges. Read More

Urban Health and Care-Seeking Behavior: A Case Study of Slums in India and the Philippines

This report examines the health needs and care-seeking behavior of poor slum residents in two Asian cities – Indore, India and greater Manila, Philippines. Read More

Exploring Methane Capture Options Under the Asansol-Durgapur Urban Area Solid Waste Management Project: Final Report

The Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion (FIRE-D) provided technical support to the Government of West Bengal to operationalize the West Bengal Solid Waste Management Mission (WBSWMM) and develop pilot projects in select urban local bodies (ULBs). Read More

India Health of the Urban Poor Program

USAID funded the Urban Child Health and Nutrition Program, with slum-based neonatal health and hygiene improvement activities in Indore, Jamshedpur, Kolkata and Agra. Read More

Urban Intersections: Food Security, Water, and Climate Change

The USAID-funded, ICMA CityLinks program partnered with the RUAF Foundation-International Network on Urban Agriculture and Food Security to present a two-part webinar series illustrating local government responses to the interlinked sectors of climate change, food security, and water. Read More

Visakhapatnam, India, Sanitation Assessment

This sanitation assessment was conducted on behalf of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to capture the current state of the sanitation service sector in the municipality of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh State (AP), in southeast India. Read More

Cleaner Air and Better Health

The Cleaner Air and Better Health (CABH) project is working to strengthen air pollution mitigation and reduce exposure in India by establishing evidence-based models for better air quality management. Read More