Project Report

The Joint Initiative (JI) for Urban Zimbabwe: End of Program Report

The consortium of 5 international NGOs that constitute the Joint Initiative implemented an OFDA funded, eighteen month long Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and agriculture project in five cities in Zimbabwe. 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

Commercialization of Improved Cook Stoves for Reduced Indoor Air Pollution in Urban Slums of Northwest Bangladesh

Beginning in 2003, the energy team of USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, and the environmental health team of the Bureau for Global Health jointly supported a cooperative agreement with Winrock International to develop models to reduce indoor air pollution by combining fuel-efficient cooking technologies with behavior change messages and market-based distribution mechanisms. Read More

USAID Health Care Improvement Project

This project supported the Ministry of Health to expand best practices in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, case management, and Directly Observed Treatment Short course in urban health networks. The project worked to increase the detection of new TB cases, improve the quality and coverage of TB control activities, and improve laboratory support to the TB program. Read More

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene PLUS in Bangladesh

This project supports healthy households and communities by creating and supporting interventions that lead to improvements in access, practice and health outcomes related to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and indoor air pollution. 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

Kyrgyzstan Local Economic Development Program: Final Report

The USAID-funded Local Development Program (LDP) stimulated rapid, diversified, and sustained economic growth in the Kyrgyz Republic through strategic partnerships with local governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders by providing direct support to target municipalities. Read More

Democratic Republic of Congo Programme de Bonne Gouvernance (Good Governance Program)

This project supported parliamentary and public institutions as well as community-based organizations in the Bandundu, Katanga, Maniema, and South Kivu provinces. Read More

Urban Gardens Program for HIV-Affected Women and Children

The project began in Ethiopia in 2004-2008. The USAID/Ethiopia funded program established school and community gardens in six cities: Adama, Addis Ababa, Awassa, Bahir Dar, Dessie, and Gondor. Read More

Reforming the Water and Sanitation Sector Challenges in Corporatizing Service Provision: The Case of Jordan

The project recommended and implemented the most suitable option for the operation and maintenance of the Greater Amman, Jordan water & sanitation services, which covers approximately 40% of the country’s population. Read More