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Read more about the article Measuring the World From the Bottom Up: Disrupting Economic Data
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Measuring the World From the Bottom Up: Disrupting Economic Data

The “data revolution” is changing the world. There is vast appetite for better understanding -- and improving -- ground-level realities across the globe. In the field of global development, there is growing demand for evidence-based policy and for rigorously measured, cost-effective solutions at scale. This demand has increased the need for high quality, dynamic data across wide geographic areas, and for innovative ways of measuring economic activity and development outcomes.  Enter an exciting new partnership. 

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Read more about the article 3 Ways to Boost Chlorine Adoption for Dispensers for Safe Water
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3 Ways to Boost Chlorine Adoption for Dispensers for Safe Water

Up to 80% of households within a community use Dispensers for Safe Water in the first three months of installation, and 40% on average for the months following. But we have seen that this customer uptake--what we call ‘adoption'--has gone down in some geographical areas. So we took a close look at what works in getting our customers to use Dispensers and chlorinate their water.

 

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Read more about the article Announcing a Big Milestone: Carbon Credits for Dispensers for Safe Water in Uganda Approved
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Announcing a Big Milestone: Carbon Credits for Dispensers for Safe Water in Uganda Approved

Evidence Action is proud to announce that we are now officially registered under South Pole Carbon’s International Water Purification Programme to generate carbon credits for Dispensers for Safe Water in Uganda. The project in Uganda will be jointly registered with the Gold Standard Foundation, meaning that it meets the highest standards of sustainable development for the communities in which we work. Dispensers for Safe Water, one of Evidence Action’s flagship programs operating in Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi, reduces the need to burn fossil fuels as a means of boiling drinking water. Instead, people are able to purify their water with the simple and effective addition of a small amount of chlorine directly at the water source.

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