Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not have improved sanitation. We look forward to you joining us. We want to help you develop the skills you need to address this major global challenge of the 21st century.
Our course has informative video lectures and guest interviews with leading water policy scholars and practitioners. We will provide you with discussion forum topic prompts, which will invite you to engage with other learners from around the globe. Our MOOC will also ask you to attempt weekly quizzes and a challenging assignment that tackles a real water and sanitation problem in a difficult setting.
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What's included
7 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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7 videos•Total 77 minutes
Welcome to the course - Introduction•7 minutes
Video 0.1: Welcome to AMBS - Fiona Devine•8 minutes
Video 1.0: Facts About Water•7 minutes
Video 1.1: Global Water and Sanitation Coverage•11 minutes
Video 1.2: Infrastructure Coverage (Electricity, Sewerage, Water, Telephone)•15 minutes
Video 1.3: Forecasts of Coverage•10 minutes
Video 1.4: Conversation with Clarissa Brocklehurst•19 minutes
3 readings•Total 105 minutes
More Detail•30 minutes
'Conversation' of the week•5 minutes
Readings List and Wrap-up•70 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
Module 1•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 20 minutes
This Week•20 minutes
Understanding the Political Economy of Water
Module 2•4 hours to complete
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5 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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5 videos•Total 45 minutes
Video 2.1: Outrage Versus Strategy?•8 minutes
Video 2.2: Types of Vendors, Vendor Prices•7 minutes
Video 2.3: Money and Water Flows, Onitsha, Nigeria•11 minutes
Video 2.4: An Introduction to Corruption•11 minutes
Video 2.5: Corruption in South Asia•8 minutes
3 readings•Total 150 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
Moving on...•10 minutes
Readings List and Wrap-up•130 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
Module 2•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 20 minutes
This Week•20 minutes
Supply-Side Costs of Water and Sanitation Services
Module 3•4 hours to complete
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7 videos4 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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7 videos•Total 106 minutes
Video 3.0: The Cost of Serving Households With Piped Networks•12 minutes
Video 3.1: Solution to Cost Calculation•6 minutes
Video 3.2: Cost Components and More on Costs•15 minutes
Video 3.3: Costs of Non-Piped Technologies•13 minutes
Video 3.4: Condominial sewers, desalination•10 minutes
Video 3.5: Conversation with Don Lauria - Part One•33 minutes
Video 3.6: Conversation with Don Lauria - Part Two•18 minutes
4 readings•Total 105 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
More on costs•10 minutes
Interview with Donald T. Lauria•10 minutes
Readings List and Wrap-up•75 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
Week 3: Quiz•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 20 minutes
This Week•20 minutes
Understanding Demand-Side Issues of Water Supply
Module 4•4 hours to complete
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6 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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6 videos•Total 67 minutes
Video 4.1: Introduction to Modeling Household Water Demand•7 minutes
Video 4.2: Households With Piped Connections, Price and Income Elasticities•8 minutes
Video 4.3: Households With Water Sources Outside the Home•5 minutes
Video 4.4: Household Demand for Drinking Water Quality Improvements•8 minutes
Video 4.5: Effect of Social Norms on Household Water Use•9 minutes
Video 4.6: Conversation with Marc Jeuland•30 minutes
3 readings•Total 130 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
Marc Jeuland Interview•10 minutes
Readings List and Wrap-up•110 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
Module 4•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 20 minutes
This Week•20 minutes
Exploring Health Benefits and Climate Change Issues
Module 5•3 hours to complete
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6 videos4 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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6 videos•Total 78 minutes
Video 5.1: Facts About Water and Health•14 minutes
Video 5.2: Estimating the Economic Value of Health Benefits•12 minutes
Video 5.3: Exercise on Health vs. Non-Health Benefits for Households With Water Sources Outside the Home•5 minutes
Video 5.4: Climate Change, Water and Health•14 minutes
Video 5.5: Effects of Climate Change on Water Utilities•16 minutes
Video 5.6: Conversation with Clive Agnew•17 minutes
4 readings•Total 80 minutes
Introduction•10 minutes
More Detail•10 minutes
More Detail•10 minutes
Readings List and Wrap-up•50 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
Module 5•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 20 minutes
This Week•20 minutes
Development Paths for Water and Sanitation Services
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Reviewed on May 30, 2020
It was very great and useful course for me . The instrction was good enough to understand the course.
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Reviewed on May 25, 2019
As a public health professional with interest in WASH, this course has enhanced my knowledge of water and sanitation policy development and implementation in developing countries.
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Reviewed on Jul 9, 2024
this course provides a very strong foundation in understanding complex problems related to water supper and sanitation policy in develping countries.
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