Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries

Lecture Notes

Lec #	Topics	lecture notes
1	Introduction to the Class State of the World’s Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Problem Identification
2	An Introduction to Water Supply and Sanitation Technologies: Guest Speaker: Prof. Susan Murcott
3	How to Define and Measure Access to Water Supply and Sanitation	(PDF)
4	Goals of W&S Investment: Human Health and Productivity Gains, the Environment	(PDF)
5	The Millennium Development Goals for Water and Sanitation	(PDF - 1.7 MB)
6	Stakeholder Analysis: Actors in Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning and their Objectives	Notes (PDF) Microeconomics Tutorial (PDF)
7	Institutional Options for W&S Planning and Policy in Developing Countries: Decentralization, Community Management, Privatization, etc.	(PDF)
8	The Evolution of W&S Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries: Supply versus Demand-oriented Approaches
9	Discussion of Policy Memo 1
10	Urban Sanitation Projects with Community Participation: Experiences from Brazil: Guest Speaker: Prof. Earthea Nance, Virginia Tech
11	Providing Water and Sanitation Services to the Poor: Strategies and Obstacles
12	Guest Speaker: Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
13	Community Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation: Alternative Models and Outcomes
14	Financing and Pricing of Water and Sanitation Services
15	Revisiting the Privatization Debate
16	W&S Planning and the Environment
17	Discussion of Policy Memo 2 Wrap-up Discussion