Women-Led Output-Based Aid Cambodia
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WOBA Cambodia was a 4.5-year program (2018-2022) that aimed to address challenges and inequities in Cambodia's rural water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. The program was designed and implemented by Thrive Networks/East Meets West Foundation Cambodia and was funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through the Water for Women Fund.
WOBA Cambodia had two key objectives:
1. Increasing access to WASH services, particularly among poor and vulnerable rural communities in Cambodia, through a subsidy payment scheme.
2. Improving gender empowerment and the inclusion of women in WASH service delivery.
The MERL team conducted a mid-term review of WOBA Cambodia in 2021 and an endline evaluation in 2022. The evaluations focused on evaluating various aspects of program design and achieved outcomes, with a particular emphasis on cross-cutting issues such as social impact, gender equality, results-based financing, and local government structure and governance.
In addition to the evaluations of the WOBA Cambodia program, the MERL team also conducted a study on the financial health risk factors for private sector WASH businesses in Cambodia's WASH markets. This study was conducted with specific reference to the nature of the WOBA project.
This website serves as a platform for sharing reports, policy briefs, and learning notes that were generated from the evaluation and research studies conducted by the MERL team. The aim is to disseminate the findings and recommendations that have emerged from these studies, with the goal of informing future studies and program practices related to rural development issues in Cambodia and Vietnam, especially those related to water and sanitation, gender equality, social inclusion, climate change, and community-based networks.
