Welcome

The Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) sector is currently benefiting from an unprecedented level of policy and financial support. Converting this support into implementation with a real impact on the poor remains a major challenge, RiPPLE (Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region) is a five-year Research Programme Consortium (RPC) that aims to meet the challenge by providing evidence-based learning to support implementation programmes.

Research Focus

RiPPLE operates within three regions of Ethiopia, Benishangul-Gumuz in the North-West, Oromia (including Addis Ababa) and The Southern Nations Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR). The consortium is developing a new body of high quality policy and practice-relevant knowledge through the establishment of Learning and Practice Alliances (LPA) at different levels. During Phase Two of the programme, RiPPLE will seek to develop further links to other countries in the Nile region, working closely with partner institutions under the umbrella of a Nile-regional LPA.

In Phase One RiPPLE addressed three major themes: governance and planning, financing and growth; sanitation and mapping were cross-cutting components. In Phase Two the programme is implementing two Long-term Action Research Studies (LARS) in close collaboration with institutional partners from the three regional LPAs.  

Partners

The project is led by the Overseas Development Institute, working with three other consortium partners-the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), WaterAid-Ethiopia (WAE) and the College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University (AAU)-and 12 Network Partners.

RiPPLE is funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).

Page last updated 5 Sep 2008