Farmers First for used water
The film documents a system of wastewater reuse shaped not just by engineering, but by governance, local coordination, and farmers participation.
Flowing Back: Stories of Claiming Usedwater
Usedwater reuse for the farmers is essential for their livelihoods and they are the first claimants. However, the policy framework needs to be supportive. The film identifies challenges and examples to learn from.
Final evaluation of Mozambique Recovery Facility (MRF) – a UNDP project implemented after Cyclone Idai and Kenneth
Mozambique was badly hit by Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in 2019, damaging 240,000 houses. Approx. 1.5 million people were badly affected. UNDP implemented a 5-year long recovery program with a…
Joint Rapid Recovery Needs Assessment: The 2025 Eastern Afghanistan Earthquake
After 6.0M earthquake struck Eastern Afghanistan on 31st August 2025, causing death of more than 2200 persons and destroying more than 8000 houses and other infrastructure. A joint rapid recovery…
Facilitating Transitional Shelters after the 2025 Sagaing Earthquake in Myanmar
7.7M earthquake on March 28, 2025 and multiple aftershocks damaged homes of more than 50000 families – collapsed or rendered unusable. Families were staying in highly inadequate makeshift shelters made…
Taking Vernacular Forward: Technical Guidelines for Resilient House Construction, Repairs and Retrofitting in Afghanistan
People in Centre collaborated with UNDP to develop technical guidelines for improving disaster resilience of vernacular earthen houses built with adobe and cob walls and domical vault roofs. These technical…
Assessing Performance of Underground Water Pipelines in the Sardar Sarovar Nigam Limited, Gujarat
In collaboration with IWMI, PiC team led by Alka Palrecha undertook a study of performance of underground pipelines for last mile connectivity for irrigation from Narmada canal. This study has…
Deyr Floods 2023 in Somalia: Rapid Post Disaster Needs Assessment
After Deyr floods in October 2023, caused by El Nino effect in Somalia, a rapid PDNA was coordinated by Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MoPWH)..Vivek Rawal of People in…
Post Disaster Needs Assessment: Herat Earthquakes 2023
Vivek Rawal of People in Centre involved as Housing Advisor to UNDP led the housing sector assessment of the damage, loss and recovery needs. PDNA was a multiagency effort. UNDP,…
Facilitating Transitional Shelters for Earthquake Affected Communities in Afghanistan
People in Centre is providing UNDP technical support for providing transitional shelter support to the earthquake affected families in Chahak village of Herat province in Afghanistan. More than two hundred…
Whose wastewater is it?
Alka Palrecha from People in Centre has been leading the studies on wastewater use. The policy frameworks promote reuse but do not pay adequate attention to rural users. There are…
ECOWAS Technical Reference Guide for Post-disaster Resilient Recovery
People in Centre is working with UNDP to prepare technical reference guide for the ECOWAS member states to guide them on any disaster so that the affected communities can successfully…
Advanced Certificate Programme on Research in Political Economy
People in Centre has been contracted by the International Development Economists Association (IDEAs) to conduct, coordinate, and manage an advanced certificate programme on research in political economy. Focused on issues…
Unequal Wastewater Rights and Claims
Many states in India are forming policies promoting the reuse of wastewater. However, their policy framework around wastewater does not pay adequate attention to existing users of wastewater. The rural…
Sustainable Urban Sanitation
People in Centre collaborated with NIUA, Biome, and Megh Pyne Abhiyan to undertake a research study on practices of sustainable urban sanitation in India. Nine cities from Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala,…
Improving Hazard Resistance of Vernacular Houses in Afghanistan
After the June 2002 Earthquake in Afghanistan, a set of technical guidelines for the post-earthquake owner-driven reconstruction, repair, and retrofitting of vernacular houses was prepared to facilitate housing recovery of…