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Saha, S. & Shiva, R., 2018. Who plans for water and sanitation in villages?, New Delhi, India: Wetlands International South Asia and IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/final-gpdp-planning-in-bihar-and-odisha.pdf.

Published on: 31/07/2019

How can the devolution of planning and budgetary processes help communities raise their issues and plan accordingly.

Agarwala, T. et al., 2018. Mapping of water & sanitation programs, institutions and fund flow architecture for Samastipur, Bihar, (Decentralised Public Finance for WASH: Policy and Practice Learnings 1a) New Delhi, India: IRC and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/working_paper_bihar_final.pdf.

Published on: 23/07/2019

A roadmap for tracking and analysing district budgets for water and sanitation programmes in Bihar, India.

Agarwala, T. et al., 2018. Mapping of water & sanitation programs, institutions and fund flow architecture for Ganjam, Odisha, (Decentralised Public Finance for WASH: Policy and Practice Learnings 1b) New Delhi, India: IRC and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/working_paper_odisha_final.pdf.

Published on: 23/07/2019

A roadmap for tracking and analysing district budgets for water and sanitation programmes in Odisha, India.

Smits, S., Shiva, R. & Kapur, D., 2015. Himmotthan Water Supply and Sanitation initiative, Uttarakhand Himalayas, IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/12_uttarakhand_himmothan-irc_cw_2016.pdf.

Published on: 16/08/2016

This study assesses a project in Uttarakhand during which water schemes and rural sanitations were developed to address the water crisis in this...

Shiva, R., 2020. Building resilient WASH systems. The good sight : soch for Swachh WASH special edition, 2(5), pp.128-131 : photogr.

Published on: 08/12/2020

IRC's approach to sustainability within the Watershed empowering citizens programme in India and its response to COVID-19 in Ganjam district, Odisha.

Shiva, R. & Saha, S., 2020. The impact of Watershed on decentralised decision making with inclusion of women : findings from India, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC / Watershed. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-202010bn_decentralised_decision_makingdefnew.pdf.

Published on: 14/10/2020

Water and sanitation interventions should put special focus on strengthening systems of community participation as well as enabling the participation...

Shiva, R. et al., 2019. Assessment of capacity building initiatives for key stakeholders from Odisha in rural water & sanitation, New Delhi, India: IRC and UNICEF India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/202002_assessment-capacity-building-initiatives-key-stakeholders-odisha-rural-water-sanitation.pdf.

Published on: 18/03/2020

Enhanced capacity building initiatives are needed for Administrators, Technocrats and Elected Representatives, especially at the operational levels...

Das, S.B. et al., 2016. Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016 : enabling rural sanitation : understanding the business perspective, New Delhi, India: Ennovent, IRC and TARU Leading Edge. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/sia16_print_2.pdf.

Published on: 27/10/2016

Business models and breakthrough approaches to solve India's rural sanitation challenges.

Shiva, R. & Dey, D., 2023. Bottled water : a viable alternative for ensuring safe drinking water in rural Cambodia?, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/bottled-water-a-viable-alternative-for-ensuring-safe-drinking-water-in-rural-cambodia_4.pdf.

Published on: 12/03/2024

Over the past 15 years, a Cambodian NGO has successfully implemented a community-driven bottled water initiative in rural communities. There are,...

Saha, S. & Shiva, R., 2018. Assessing the sanitation situation in a resettlement colony in Delhi : using IRC's Faecal Waste Flow Calculator in India, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/settlement_case_study_india_final.pdf.

Published on: 28/08/2018

While household toilets are necessary, they alone are not sufficient for improved sanitation.

Saha, S. et al., 2022. Measuring hand hygiene for all : a framework for monitoring and reporting hand hygiene in India, New Delhi, India: IRC and UNICEF India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/hand_hygiene_-_monitoring_and_reporting_framework_22_july.pdf.

Published on: 26/10/2022

Indicators for hand hygiene monitoring in households, schools and health care centres, for policy makers, implementors and citizens.

Saha, S. et al., 2022. Webinar on Financing Sustainable Rural WASH, New Delhi, India: IRC, Water For People India and SuSanA India Chapter. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ruralwashfinancewebinarbrief.pdf.

Published on: 26/07/2022

Recommendations to address the funding challenges of India's flagship rural water and sanitation initiatives.

Shiva, R. & Saha, S., 2021. Analysis of rural WASH budget : findings from 4 Gram Panchayats of Ganjam district in Odisha, India, (Decentralised Public Finance for WASH: Policy and Practice Learnings) New Delhi, India: IRC/Watershed, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), and WaterAid India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/final_4gplcca.pdf.

Published on: 15/07/2021

Using the Life-Cycle Cost Approach to understand the rural WASH budget.

Agarwala, T. et al., 2022. Mapping policies and tracking budgets for hand hygiene : a study of select ministries of the Government of India, New Delhi, India: IRC, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) and UNICEF India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/unicef_-_national_handwashing_report.pdf.

Published on: 21/10/2022

Policy recommendations for the Indian union government and ministries for water, health, education, women and child development, and local government.

Das, N. et al., 2022. Identifying stakeholders and capacities required for the roll-out of hand hygiene initiatives at state level and below : Mayurbhanj and Ganjam, Odisha, New Delhi, India: IRC, Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) and UNICEF India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/unicef_-_district_handwashing_report.pdf.

Published on: 21/10/2022

Recommendations for hand hygiene in public places and institutions; hand hygiene in the local governance process; hand hygiene promotion strategy;...

Agarwala, T. et al., 2022. Mapping policies and tracking budgets for hand hygiene : a study of select departments in Odisha, New Delhi: IRC, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) and UNICEF India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/unicef_-_odisha_state_handwashing_report.pdf.

Published on: 21/10/2022

Policy recommendations for the Indian state government of Odisha and its departments for drinking water and local government, health, education, and...

Jacob, N., Shiva, R. & Saha, S., 2021. Celebrating women’s leadership in WASH during the COVID-19 Pandemic, New Delhi, India: IRC, WaterAid India, India Sanitation Coalition, SuSanA India Chapter, Water For People India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/202105_celebrating-womens-leadership-in-wash-during-covid-19.pdf.

Published on: 28/05/2021

Inspirational stories about how ordinary women in India and Kenya have converted the challenges posed by COVID-19 into an opportunity to promote good...

Shiva, R., 2024. Lifecycle Approach through Integration of Digital Processes. Jal Jeevan Samvad.

Published on: 05/08/2024

Article by Ruchika Shiva on using life-cycle costing tools in the digitisation process for making decision on water supply and sanitation in Jal...

Agarwala, T. & Shiva, R., 2020. Tracking budgets for rural WATSAN : an assessment of districts Ganjam and Nuapada in Odisha, India, (Decentralised Public Finance for WASH: Policy and Practice Learnings) New Delhi, India: Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), IRC and WaterAid India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/working_paper_odisha_final_0.pdf.

Published on: 20/08/2020

How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related...

Agarwala, T. & Shiva, R., 2020. Tracking budgets for rural WATSAN : an assessment of districts Gaya and Samastipur in Bihar, India, (Decentralised Public Finance for WASH: Policy and Practice Learnings) New Delhi, India: Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), IRC and WaterAid India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/working_paper_bihar_final_0.pdf.

Published on: 20/08/2020

How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related...

Shiva, R. & Krukkert, I., 2018. IRC India strategy : 2017-2021 : building WASH systems to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-201922progamme_strategies_indiadef_web.pdf.

Published on: 09/12/2019

This programme strategy has been prepared by IRC India in consultation with key partners to guide the delivery of IRC programming in India from...

Shiva, R. et al., 2018. A baseline of the strength of the WASH system in India, New Delhi, India: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/baseline_india_2018.pdf.

Published on: 14/07/2020

This baseline study for India investigated the national, state and district level information and data on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene....

Smits, S., Mekala, S. & Shiva, R.,0 Community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal, IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/west_bengal_-_costs_added.pdf.

Published on: 18/08/2016

In this document we capture the inputs that contributed in improving water supply to households and an assessment of cost approximation by the Water...

Saraswathy, R. & Shiva, R.,0 Rural water supply in Kathirampatti Village Panchayat, Tamil Nadu, IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/tamil_nadu-kathirampatti.pdf.

Published on: 18/08/2016

This document presents the case of Kathirampatti Village Panchayat (VP) in Erode District, where the Panchayat successfully manages the water supply.

V. Chary, S. et al.,0 Community involvement in a multi-village scheme in Amravati district, Maharashtra, IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/maharashtra_final.pdf.

Published on: 18/08/2016

This document assesses the community-managed rural water supply programmes in Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran.

Shiva, R.

Saha, S. & Shiva, R., 2018. Who plans for water and sanitation in villages?, New Delhi, India: Wetlands International South Asia and IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/final-gpdp-planning-in-bihar-and-odisha.pdf.

Smits, S., Shiva, R. & Kapur, D., 2015. Himmotthan Water Supply and Sanitation initiative, Uttarakhand Himalayas, IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/12_uttarakhand_himmothan-irc_cw_2016.pdf.

Shiva, R., 2020. Building resilient WASH systems. The good sight : soch for Swachh WASH special edition, 2(5), pp.128-131 : photogr.

Shiva, R. & Saha, S., 2020. The impact of Watershed on decentralised decision making with inclusion of women : findings from India, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC / Watershed. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-202010bn_decentralised_decision_makingdefnew.pdf.

Das, S.B. et al., 2016. Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016 : enabling rural sanitation : understanding the business perspective, New Delhi, India: Ennovent, IRC and TARU Leading Edge. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/sia16_print_2.pdf.

Saha, S. & Shiva, R., 2018. Assessing the sanitation situation in a resettlement colony in Delhi : using IRC's Faecal Waste Flow Calculator in India, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/settlement_case_study_india_final.pdf.

Saha, S. et al., 2022. Measuring hand hygiene for all : a framework for monitoring and reporting hand hygiene in India, New Delhi, India: IRC and UNICEF India. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/hand_hygiene_-_monitoring_and_reporting_framework_22_july.pdf.

Saha, S. et al., 2022. Webinar on Financing Sustainable Rural WASH, New Delhi, India: IRC, Water For People India and SuSanA India Chapter. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ruralwashfinancewebinarbrief.pdf.

Shiva, R., 2024. Lifecycle Approach through Integration of Digital Processes. Jal Jeevan Samvad.

Shiva, R. & Krukkert, I., 2018. IRC India strategy : 2017-2021 : building WASH systems to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-201922progamme_strategies_indiadef_web.pdf.

Shiva, R. et al., 2018. A baseline of the strength of the WASH system in India, New Delhi, India: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/baseline_india_2018.pdf.

Smits, S., Mekala, S. & Shiva, R.,0 Community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal, IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/west_bengal_-_costs_added.pdf.

Saraswathy, R. & Shiva, R.,0 Rural water supply in Kathirampatti Village Panchayat, Tamil Nadu, IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/tamil_nadu-kathirampatti.pdf.

V. Chary, S. et al.,0 Community involvement in a multi-village scheme in Amravati district, Maharashtra, IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/maharashtra_final.pdf.

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