IRC Associate
Freelance writer, journalist, editor, consultant and trainer. Peter researches, writes and edits mainly on water and sanitation, health and development. He is has been acting as consultant to the BRAC WASH project in Bangladesh supporting their communications work and providing training, and was for five years consultant to IRC's WASHCost project. Over the past years, Peter has been supporting the IRC Ghana team in communicating their district based work.
Urban systems are not liner and the cityscape provides a conceptual framing of where sanitation services are located vis a vis urban residents'... Read more...
With long-term commitment and funding, there are opportunities to make systemic change Read more...
This paper presents IRC Ghana's experience of acting as a 'hub' to support collective action in the Asutifi North District of Ghana. Read more...
A rapid study on the challenges facing sanitation workers in Indian cities and towns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Improvements in sanitation access played a substantial role in increasing average child height. Read more...
Unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural areas, remains a challenge in developing countries as a result of population growth, climate change... Read more...
An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches. Read more...
This book captures a range of experiences and innovations from a broad range of institutions and actors within the WASH sector, and attempts to make... Read more...
Major barriers to entry for sanitation start-ups in Ghana are the lack of start-up capital; lack of access to affordable banking services (... Read more...
The programme cost of CLTS is $30-82 per household targeted in Ghana, and $14-19 in Ethiopia. Local investments range from $8-22 per household... Read more...
The World Bank in Ethiopia has commissioned a rapid survey of what motivates people to upgrade their latrines, with the aim of delivering behaviour change communication materials with greater impact. Read more...
Ensure national ownership is at the centre and maximise existing local government structures. Read more...
This report assesses sanitation and hygiene implementation programmes funded by the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) of the Water Supply and Sanitation... Read more...
While allocations to India's national sanitation campaign to eradicate open defecation have increased considerably, budget tracking shows that... Read more...
Business models and breakthrough approaches to solve India's rural sanitation challenges. Read more...
A study on sanitation-related psychosocial stress among Indian women in Odisha finds that: Sanitation-behaviors are more expansive than urination and... Read more...
BRAC WASH has researched how to develop a viable process for faecal sludge-based organic fertiliser. Read more...