22 Apr
Inspira Advisory & Consulting Limited is conducting a mixed-methods endline study for the WASH4UP Phase II Project under WaterAid Bangladesh, a multi-city urban WASH programme designed to improve inclusive and climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene services for slum and low-income communities across Bangladesh.
The study is covering four city corporations in Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Chattogram, and Khulna, along with three municipalities in Paikgacha, Sakhipur, and Saidpur. These locations are home to some of Bangladesh’s most underserved urban communities, where WASH deprivation, inadequate fecal sludge and solid waste management, and the compounding pressures of climate change and rapid urbanisation are continuing to disproportionately affect women, adolescent girls, and persons with disabilities.
Inspira is assessing overall project performance against baseline and midline data, measuring changes in WASH access, service quality, and hygiene practices, and examining governance and institutional arrangements supporting pro-poor and gender-transformative WASH delivery. By centring the experiences of beneficiaries across diverse urban and peri-urban settings, the findings will directly inform future programming, policy engagement, and the scaling of urban WASH interventions.
Fieldwork is underway across all seven project locations, with findings expected to contribute to WaterAid Bangladesh’s ongoing commitment to climate-resilient and universally accessible WASH services under its Country Programme Strategy 2023–2028.
