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Challenges in up-scaling good practices
thesis
posted on 2018-08-14, 08:38 authored by Sharadbala JoshiFocus on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has intensified technical and financial
support for up-scaling of interventions to improve the quality of life of over 900 million slum dwellers
who lack access to adequate clean water, improved sanitation facilities, and security of tenure. One of the
means for achieving the MDG Targets is to ‘up-scale’, or institutionalize effective approaches, techniques,
concepts, and programmes that result in bringing more quality benefits to more urban residents more
quickly and more permanently. The challenge of up-scaling is in achieving sustainable results in a large
number of communities rather than in planning and implementing large projects (World Bank 2005b). It
is therefore essential to determine whether there is evidence to justify support for up-scaling. [Continues.]
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en