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Ed Bourque

Water Values Podcast

jivetalking

Charles Fishman

Brad Lancaster

Stephanie Smith

Shahzeen Attari

Mark Ryan

Michael Murphy

Steve Maxwell

Russ Roberts

Sharon Shewmake

Ed Dolan

Catherine Semcer

Scott Miller

Steve Keen

Chris Peacock

Ken Wright

OwlTail

Episode 35: Ed Bourque (http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com) has more than a decade of experience in the domestic and international water sector, in research, technical writing, communications, and proposal writing roles.  He has experience in urban water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), urban planning, watershed management, and water governance / political economy analysis. He has experience working with major donors (USAID, the World Bank, and UNICEF), numerous NGOs, government, and the private sector. Ed holds a B.A. in biology/environmental science from Colby College, an M.A. in international development from Brandeis University, and a PhD in geography from King’s College London.  He speaks French and Swahili.   This episode's motto: "Co-dependency does not lead to good results." Links of interest from David https://www.ib-net.org http://www.aguanomics.com/2017/07/review-development-projects-observed.html The Divide: https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=857 https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/29-giel-verbeeck-makes-water-systems-sustainable Links of interest from Ed Here are some links on some of the water governance topics we discussed (enabling environments, project failures/corruption, and tools to address some of these issues). Failure and corruption http://www.improveinternational.org/cause/why-do-water-points-fail/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failures_of_water_supply_and_sanitation_systems  http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com/why-do-water-sector-public-private-participation-projects-ppps-fail/ https://ssir.org/articles/entry/development_malpractice_in_ghana https://qz-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/qz.com/africa/1368422/the-2018-hilton-prize-went-to-a-kenyan-nonprofit-that-builds-aerial-water-systems-for-slums/amp/ http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com/corruption-water-sector-water-mafias-exist/ http://www.watergetenemy.org/  Assessing access and improving enabling environments/institutions, finances, systems, and accountability frameworks. https://washdata.org/  http://sanitationandwaterforall.org/ https://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/glaas/  https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/investments/trackfin/en/ https://www.ircwash.org/resources/blended-finance  https://thecityfix.com/blog/urban-water-governance-in-the-developing-world-accountability-and-affordability-are-keys-to-access-water-ed-bourque/  https://www.ircwash.org/symposium  http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/527371468166770790/World-Development-Report-2004-Making-services-work-for-poor-people-Overview  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282848264_Mapping_of_Water_Sanitation_and_Hygiene_Sustainability_Tools  https://akvopedia.org/wiki/FIETS_sustainability_principles http://washplus.org/rotary-usaid.html  Water wars: https://flows.hypotheses.org/1126  The Tanzania electricity scandal of 2008. https://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/publications/iptl-richmond-escrow-price-private-power-procurement-tanzania/ (NB: One major impact of failed electrical grids in Dar es Salaam was that deep water wells in the city that were dependent upon functional electrical grids were pretty much useless.  It rendered the water supply for those off the piped water system (all but those who had a share of/access to those 50,000 or so water utility connections) non-existent for hours and days on end for months on end in that era.)

Episode 35: Ed Bourque (<a href="http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com</a>) has more than a decade of experience in the domestic and international water sector, in research, technical writing, communications, and proposal writing roles. He has experience in urban water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), urban planning, watershed management, and water governance / political economy analysis. He has experience working with major donors (USAID, the World Bank, and UNICEF), numerous NGOs, government, and the private sector. Ed holds a B.A. in biology/environmental science from Colby College, an M.A. in international development from Brandeis University, and a PhD in geography from King’s College London. He speaks French and Swahili. This episode's motto: "Co-dependency does not lead to good results." Links of interest from David <a href="https://www.ib-net.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ib-net.org</a> <a href="http://www.aguanomics.com/2017/07/review-development-projects-observed.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.aguanomics.com/2017/07/review-development-projects-observed.html</a> The Divide: <a href="https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=857" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=857</a> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/29-giel-verbeeck-makes-water-systems-sustainable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/29-giel-verbeeck-makes-water-systems-sustainable</a> Links of interest from Ed Here are some links on some of the water governance topics we discussed (enabling environments, project failures/corruption, and tools to address some of these issues). Failure and corruption <a href="http://www.improveinternational.org/cause/why-do-water-points-fail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.improveinternational.org/cause/why-do-water-points-fail/</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failures_of_water_supply_and_sanitation_systems" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failures_of_water_supply_and_sanitation_systems</a> <a href="http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com/why-do-water-sector-public-private-participation-projects-ppps-fail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com/why-do-water-sector-public-private-participation-projects-ppps-fail/</a> <a href="https://ssir.org/articles/entry/development_malpractice_in_ghana" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ssir.org/articles/entry/development_malpractice_in_ghana</a> <a href="https://qz-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/qz.com/africa/1368422/the-2018-hilton-prize-went-to-a-kenyan-nonprofit-that-builds-aerial-water-systems-for-slums/amp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://qz-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/qz.com/africa/1368422/the-2018-hilton-prize-went-to-a-kenyan-nonprofit-that-builds-aerial-water-systems-for-slums/amp/</a> <a href="http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com/corruption-water-sector-water-mafias-exist/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.edbourqueconsulting.com/corruption-water-sector-water-mafias-exist/</a> <a href="http://www.watergetenemy.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.watergetenemy.org/</a> Assessing access and improving enabling environments/institutions, finances, systems, and accountability frameworks. <a href="https://washdata.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://washdata.org/</a> <a href="http://sanitationandwaterforall.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sanitationandwaterforall.org/</a> <a href="https://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/glaas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/glaas/</a> <a href="https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/investments/trackfin/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/investments/trackfin/en/</a> <a href="https://www.ircwash.org/resources/blended-finance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ircwash.org/resources/blended-finance</a> <a href="https://thecityfix.com/blog/urban-water-governance-in-the-developing-world-accountability-and-affordability-are-keys-to-access-water-ed-bourque/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thecityfix.com/blog/urban-water-governance-in-the-developing-world-accountability-and-affordability-are-keys-to-access-water-ed-bourque/</a> <a href="https://www.ircwash.org/symposium" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ircwash.org/symposium</a> <a href="http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/527371468166770790/World-Development-Report-2004-Making-services-work-for-poor-people-Overview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/527371468166770790/World-Development-Report-2004-Making-services-work-for-poor-people-Overview</a> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282848264_Mapping_of_Water_Sanitation_and_Hygiene_Sustainability_Tools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282848264_Mapping_of_Water_Sanitation_and_Hygiene_Sustainability_Tools</a> <a href="https://akvopedia.org/wiki/FIETS_sustainability_principles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://akvopedia.org/wiki/FIETS_sustainability_principles</a> <a href="http://washplus.org/rotary-usaid.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://washplus.org/rotary-usaid.html</a> Water wars: <a href="https://flows.hypotheses.org/1126" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://flows.hypotheses.org/1126</a> The Tanzania electricity scandal of 2008. <a href="https://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/publications/iptl-richmond-escrow-price-private-power-procurement-tanzania/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/publications/iptl-richmond-escrow-price-private-power-procurement-tanzania/</a> (NB: One major impact of failed electrical grids in Dar es Salaam was that deep water wells in the city that were dependent upon functional electrical grids were pretty much useless. It rendered the water supply for those off the piped water system (all but those who had a share of/access to those 50,000 or so water utility connections) non-existent for hours and days on end for months on end in that era.)

Ed Bourque works on real water issues

WASH consultant Ed Bourque joins The Water Values Podcast and lends a fresh perspective on WASH issues. Ed discusses the relationships of WASH with integrated water resource management and water governance. His hands on experience living abroad and working in the WASH sector gives a great perspective on how WASH is implemented on the ground. Ed identifies what some of the obstacles to WASH projects are and how to overcome those obstacles to achieve a successful WASH project.

WASH consultant Ed Bourque joins The Water Values Podcast and lends a fresh perspective on WASH issues. Ed discusses the relationships of WASH with integrated water resource management and water governance. His hands on experience living abroad and working in the WASH sector gives a great perspective on how WASH is implemented on the ground. Ed identifies what some of the obstacles to WASH projects are and how to overcome those obstacles to achieve a successful WASH project.

TWV 137 – A Fresh Perspective on WASH and Related Issues with Ed Bourque