Good data should have a life beyond the report it was originally collected for.
Our Principal, Dr Sacha-Renée Todd, recently revisited research she conducted in 2019 on domestic water shortages and household water use, against the backdrop of Jamaica’s current drought and water-supply challenges. Seven years later, some of the numbers have changed, but many of the underlying questions around supply, demand, infrastructure, investment and resilience remain highly relevant.
The value of research is not only in documenting a problem. It is in helping us understand what to prioritise, where limited resources can have the greatest impact, and what the cost of delay may be.
First published on LinkedIn on 14 September 2026.
