RiPPLE Project

RiPPLE is a five-year research programme consortium funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). It aims to advance evidence-based learning on water supply and sanitation (WSS), focusing specifically on issues of planning, financing, delivery and sustainability, and the links between sector improvements and pro-poor economic growth.

Working in three regions of Ethiopia, RiPPLE has begun to develop new bodies of high quality policy and practice-relevant knowledge through its platform of Learning and Practice Alliances (LPAs) that operate at different levels. The LPAs guide research direction according to local priorities, test and evaluate new approaches, and share experiences within and between districts and regions.

Its research focus can be summarised as "money into water, water into money", as it looks into the links between access to water and economic growth. Multiple-use water services are considered one of the key areas of economic growth through access to water.

RiPPLE