Making Gains in Rwanda: It Will Take New Business Models, not Small Donations, to Provide Meaningful Development

Authors

Evan A. Thomas, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Mechanical Engineering-CIME

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

3-2015

Subjects

Water -- Health aspects -- Developing countries, Water resources development -- Environmental aspects -- Africa

Abstract

Nearly a billion people in the world drink dirty water. Two billion don't have a sanitary toilet. Three billion use campfires every day. Governments and charities spend billions of dollars every year to address these problems. And there are big successes in some places, but more innovation is needed.

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Copyright (2015) American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Citation Details

Thomas, E. (2015, March). Making Gains in Rwanda: It Will Take New Business Models, Not Small Donations, to Provide Meaningful Development. Mechanical Engineering-CIME, 137(3), 16.