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Hygienic, disinfected, and accessible water for all people is an essential requirement of the world. However, bad economics and poor water utility infrastructure and outdated purification and treatment technologies have resulted in the spread of waterborne epidemics and also fatal cases. Inadequate clean drinking water supply and hygiene should hen...

The Egyptian economy has witnessed a significant GDP growth increasing from 2.1% in 2012/13 to 4.2% in 2014/15 due to improving political conditions and introduction of heavy energy subsidies for the development of energy intensive industries. According to the Ministry of Finance, the 2016-2017 budget estimates a total expenditure of $98.4 billion ...

This research service tracks infrastructure development in Angola. The research service forms part of the infrastructure tracker studies across the African continent. Angola's infrastructure has endured years of neglect and destruction and is in urgent need of refurbishment. The civil war between 1975 and 2002 had a severe impact on the overall qua...

The research service tracks infrastructure development in Zimbabwe. The research service forms part of the infrastructure tracker studies across the African continent. Zimbabwe's infrastructure has endured years of neglect and is in urgent need of refurbishment. The economic recession between 1999 and 2009 has had a severe impact on the overall qua...

The growing scarcity of natural resources, along with the harmful environmental impacts of emissions and discarded materials in the landfills and water bodies are the pressing current challenges faced globally. This has warranted the need to adopt circular economy (CE) principles, over the prevailing linear economy models, in every stages of the su...

As a part of the African Infrastructure Tracker research service, South Africa's Water Infrastructure provides an analysis of current and future water infrastructure developments in the country. It covers demand trends, funding challenges, and investment opportunities. Further, the analysis highlights key participants in the sector and provides an ...

Increase in waste generation and the subsequent irresponsible dumping of waste is identified as the fast-growing problem causing significant damage to environment, aquatic ecosystem, and human health. Industrialization, urbanization and the associated economic growth will face significant challenges if sound waste management practices are not put i...

The World Bank estimates that rapid population growth and urbanization have resulted in a global average waste generation of about 0.79 kilograms per citizen per day as of 2022. It predicts a direct relationship between waste generation and income levels and projects the daily per capita waste generation in high-income countries to increase by 19.0...

Water shortage caused by the intensification of the impacts of climate change, population growth, and accelerated urbanization require immediate action on development of technologies for effective management of water supply and consumption. In addition, aging water infrastructure leads to water loss and increase in non-revenue water. Smart water gr...