Director of Research and Advocacy

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Alana Potter joined SERI in February 2017 as Director of Research and Advocacy. She previously led the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre’s Africa Regional Programme, focussing on influencing sector change at district, national, regional and international levels; strengthening and influencing partnerships, policies and practices within and between government, civil society, users and private providers towards equitable and sustainable water and sanitation services.

She brings 20 years water and sanitation governance, planning, policy, monitoring and evaluation experience, holds an MA in Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand and is committed to realising the right to universal basic services.

Publications:

• Khunou, K and Potter, A, “Turning Off the Tap: Discontinuing Universal Access to Free Basic Water in the City of Johannesburg”, Working Paper No. 3, Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI), 2018.
• Royston, L, Nkhatau, N and Potter, A, "Towards a Measure of Spatial Justice in South African Cities: Spatial Mismatch and SPLUMA" in South African Cities Network The Urban Land Paper Series Vol 2: A Transit-Orientated Development Lens, 2017, pp. 32-40. 
• Potter, A, Msamala, J, DeGabriele, J and Harper, M, Research Into Sludge Enterprise, Research Report for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Civil Society WASH Fund, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2017.
• Potter, A, DeGabriele, J, Msamala, J, Harper, M and Mapuranga, H, Building Successful Sludge Enterprises in Norton Zimbabwe, forthcoming Case Study for the 4th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference, Chennai India, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, February 2017.
• Potter, A, Uandela, A and Burr, P, WASH Poverty Diagnostics: Study of institutional and political economy constraints to water service delivery for the rural poor in Mozambique, Unpublished Draft Tier 1 Analysis, Oxford Policy Management, London, 2016.[a3] 
• Potter, A, It’s not all about rainwater tanks and not filling your pool, IRC, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2016.
• Potter, A, Enabling policy- and decision-makers to make informed decisions for (drinking) water, sanitation and hygiene, IRC, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2016.
• Potter, A, Higher levels of service are needed to reduce death and disease, IRC, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2016.
• Potter, A, From eThekwini to N’gor: where does sector change begin?, IRC, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2016.
• Schreiner, B and Potter, A, Drivers of inequality and implications for equity measures in water and sanitation, Chapter for forthcoming Routledge publication.
• Potter, A, Linking it up: Integrated Sanitation and Hygiene in Towns, Urban Sanitation Learning Note, UNICEF Ethiopia, 2016.
• Potter, A, Innovative Sanitation Master Plans in small towns, Urban Sanitation Learning Note, UNICEF Ethiopia, 2015.
• Potter, A and Butterworth, J, Mainstreaming anti-corruption initiatives: development of a water sector strategy in Mozambique, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, U4 Practice Insight no. 2014.
• Nabunnya Mulumba, J, Nothomb, C, Potter, A, and Snel, M, Striking the balance: The role of the public sector in sanitation as a service and as a business, Waterlines 33(3) 2014.
• Potter, A, Naafs, A, Uandela, A and Zita, J, Assessing hygiene effectiveness levels and intervention costs in integrated WASH programme in Mozambique, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2013.
• Dubé, A, Burr, P, Potter, A and van de Reep, M, Assessing hygiene cost effectiveness, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2012.
• Potter, A. Klutse, A. Snehalatha, M. Batchelor, C. Uandela, A. Naafs, A. Fonseca, C. Moriarty, P, Assessing sanitation services, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, The Hague, the Netherlands, levels , 2nd edition 2011.
• Clacherty, A and Potter, A, Water Services and HIV/AIDS – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education in the Context of HIV/Aids, Technology Transfer Report for the Water Research Commission, Pretoria, South Africa, 2008.
• Potter, A, Water Services Councillor Induction Facilitators Guide, for Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South African Local Government Association and the Department of Provincial and Local Government, Pretoria, South Africa, 2006.
• Potter, A, Towards models for integrated health and hygiene promotion and user education –  Enabling and constraining factors, Research Report, Water Research Commission, Pretoria, South Africa, 2006.
• Potter, A, Shifting paradigms: Interdisciplinary and intergovernmental support to water services provision arrangements – lessons learnt for s78 Transfer National Joint Response Team, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South African Local Government Association and the Department of Provincial and Local Government, Pretoria, South Africa 2006. [a19] 
• Potter, A, Ferreira, J and de la Harpe, J, An Overview of Water Resources Institutions, Department of Water Affairs and ForestryAn Overview of Water Resources Institutions, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa, 2003.

Op-eds:

• Will there be accountability for the Marikana Massacre?, Maanda Makwarela and Alana Potter, Daily Maverick (15 June 2018).
• City of Joburg's water policy hurts the poor, Alana Potter and Kelebogile Khunou, Business Day (22 March 2018). 
• Resisting evictions from farms, Michael Clark and Alana Potter, Daily Maverick (23 July 2017).
• Herman Mashaba’s pro-poor plans for Joburg seem a bit rich, Dennis Webster and Alana Potter, Business Day (12 May 2017).