Plugging the leaky pipeline through the Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project

A system analysis to assess how impact investors can increase equity, diversity and inclusion for women in the professional construction roles

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

A.R. van Veldhuizen Technology, Policy and Management

Contributors

E. Minkman Organisation & Governance - TPM (supervisor 1)
V.E. Scholten Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship (supervisor 1)
J. Lieu Organisation & Governance - TPM (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Technology, Policy and Management
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Published Date

28-10-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Abstract

Impact investors can play a major role in fighting inequalities regarding gender and increasing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) for women. This is important as societies that value women and men as equal are safer, healthier and have better economic prosperity. Nonetheless, impact investors face many challenges to be effective and research into the topic is still lacking. To assess how impact
investors can be effective in increasing EDI, this thesis will perform a case study in the form of a system analysis of which the subject will be the Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP).
This methodology in combination with in-depth interviews led to the identification of a preferred policy for this particular project.
Additionally, the findings led to more general recommendations for impact investors: if they want to enhance EDI in their projects, they must consistently work with local organizations and put the needs of the impacted community ahead of their own KPIs. Furthermore, in order to be able to achieve increased EDI in the projects they finance, impact investors must first increase EDI within their own investment teams.