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Dr Babatope Babalobi
Urban Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Expert (Water resources engineering; Public health; Environmental management; Urban hydrology; Health management)
Nigeria
Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Reform Expert with over two decades of leadership in policy, sector reform, utility governance, and institutional development. Extensive experience managing World Bank, USAID, EU, and AFD projects across Nigeria and West Africa. Specialist in WASH sector diagnostics, institutional reforms, pro-poor utility strategies, and city-wide WASH surveys. Collaborated with leading international consulting and engineering firms on WASH and urban water reform projects, including:
- AECOM (USA): USAID Nigeria Urban WASH project
- EGIS (France): Technical assistance for water and sanitation project proposal
- Engidro Engineering Solutions (Portugal): Institutional reforms under AFD-supported Kano NUWSRP III
- GRM International / Futures Group (UK): Technical assistance for donor-funded WASH programme design
Publications
- Water, sanitation and hygiene practices among primary-school children in Lagos: a case study of the Makoko slum community
- Evaluation of World Bank/French Development Agency-financed Urban Water Reform Programme in Lagos Water Corporation (2005-2017)
- Identifying Cholera Hotspots in a Peri-Urban Community through Transect Walks: Evidence from Agege LGA, Lagos, Nigeria.
- History of Water Supply in Nigeria 1914-2014
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Co-workers & collaborators
- JH
Jan Hofman
- CD
Carel Dieperink
- NT
Nick Townsend