Discard studies have demonstrated that waste is more than just a symptom of an all-too-
human demand for meaning or a merely technical problem for sanitary engineers and public …

This paper presents an overview of Ghana's sanitation situation post-Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). It specifically examines why the MDG target on sanitation was …

In India, you can still find the kabaadiwala, the rag-and-bone man. He wanders from house
to house buying old newspapers, broken utensils, plastic bottles—anything for which he can …

Population growth, economic development, and rural migration to urban areas have caused
rapid expansion of urban centres in Ghana. One reason is that spatial planning and in …

In this monograph, Edwards argues that: 1) The hype surrounding philanthrocapitalism runs
far ahead of its ability to deliver real results. It's time for more humility; 2) The increasing …

Household demand for improved sanitation in developing countries is an important social
and behavioral process with implications for public health, sanitation policy and planning …

The world development institutions commonly present'urban governance'as an antidote to
the so-called'urbanisation of poverty'and'parasitic urbanism'in Africa. Governance for Pro …

In Ghana's planned city of Tema, public toilets and sewerage systems are a formative terrain
of urban political praxis giving tangible form to what Henri Lefebvre calls “the right to the …

Within the literature, there is growing concern about how competitive politics are contributing
to electoral violence in Africa. The focus of scholars has been on large‑scale organized …

After many decades of reform efforts and capacity-building, the delivery of public services in
most sub-Saharan African states remains in crisis. Yet explanations of this failure which …