Sam Drabble - NextBillion

Sam Drabble
Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor

Sam Drabble leads WSUP’s knowledge management, helping to ensure learning is captured and disseminated for impact through technical publications, research, learning events and programme reviews. He has authored, co-authored or edited over 30 publications on diverse aspects of urban WASH.

Sam has a background in evaluation, research and learning, having previously worked as an analyst specialising in programme evaluation at RAND Europe. This built on experience with the learning and development team at Institute for Government.

Articles by Sam Drabble

Guest Articles

Thursday
June 6
2019

Sam Drabble

The Hard Reality of Sanitation: Why Public Sector Support is Key to Entrepreneurial Success in Emerging Markets

Roughly 2.3 billion people lack basic sanitation, and over half the global population lack a safely managed service. This spells opportunity for social entrepreneurs – but as Sam Drabble at Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor points out, these businesses face huge systemic challenges and cannot succeed without support. He highlights some solutions that could boost these companies' chances of success.

Categories
WASH

Tags
Base of the Pyramid, public-private partnerships, sanitation

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Sam Drabble
Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor

Articles by Sam Drabble

The Hard Reality of Sanitation: Why Public Sector Support is Key to Entrepreneurial Success in Emerging Markets

Contributor.

Sam DrabbleWater & Sanitation for the Urban Poor

Articles by Sam Drabble

The Hard Reality of Sanitation: Why Public Sector Support is Key to Entrepreneurial Success in Emerging Markets

Sam Drabble
Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor