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Adank, M. & Butterworth, J., 2014. GLOWS training module : learning about Self-supply, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/glows_ssa_module_fianl_0.pdf.

Published on: 06/05/2014

This training module forms part of the wider set of Guided Learning on Water and Sanitation (GLOWS) modules that have been developed to support...

Butterworth, J., Sutton, S. & Mekonta, L., 2013. Self-supply as a complementary water services delivery model in Ethiopia. , pp.p. 405 - 423; 5 tab.; 3 fig.

Published on: 08/10/2013

Self-supply, where households invest to develop their own easily-accessible water supplies, is identified as an alternative service delivery model...

Butterworth, J., 2013. Synthesis of symposium outcomes : a powerpoint presented at the Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery symposium on 11 April 2013, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 30/05/2013

A powerpoint presentation with the synthesis of symposium outcomes presented at the IRC-Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery symposium, on...

Sutton, S., Butterworth, J. & Mekonta, L., 2012. A hidden resource: household-led rural water supply in Ethiopia, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/a_hidden_resource_web_version_aug_2013.pdf.

Published on: 13/05/2013

This report on Self-supply aims to help fill some of the gaps in our knowledge about the existing performance of traditional wells, especially water...

Howe, C. et al., 2012. Sustainable water management in the city of the future : findings from the SWITCH Project 2006-2011, Delft, The Netherlands: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Howe-2011-Sustainable.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

Increasing global change pressures, escalating costs and other risks inherent to conventional urban water management are causing cities to face...

Parker, A. et al., 2011. Africa wide water, sanitation and hygiene technology review, Cranfield, UK: Cranfield University at Silsoe. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Parker-2011-Africa.pdf.

Published on: 15/12/2011

WASHTech has published a literature review focusing on 14 technologies used in Africa...

Smits, S. et al., 2011. Scanning the 2020 horizon : an analysis of trends and scenarios in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, (Occasional paper series / IRC no. 45) The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Smits-2011-Scanning.pdf.

Published on: 24/08/2011

The document presents 21 trends IRC considers most critical to WASH sector development. It examines trends both within the WASH sector, as well as...

Visscher, J.T., Bastemeijer, T.F. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Exploring the integrity challenge in the water sector : paper presented at the IRC symposium ‘ Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services' in The Hague, The Netherlands from 16 - 18 November 2010, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Visscher-2010-Exploring.pdf.

Published on: 10/03/2011

Curbing corruption can make an important contribution to improving both the performance of existing water supply systems and the development of new...

Sutton, S. et al., 2011. Towards the Ethiopian goal of universal access to rural water : understanding the potential contribution of self supply, (RiPPLE Working Paper 23 23) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: RiPPLE, Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile region. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Sutton-2011-Towards.pdf.

Published on: 17/10/2012

The role of government in accepting and accelerating household investment in water supply should be clarified further. Government’s role in...

Wagner, I. et al., 2011. Lodz : city of water, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_7.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

Despite being a landlocked city in the centre of Poland, water flows through the history of Lodz – indeed, its very name means boat. The 18...

Verhagen, J., Morris, M. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Stakeholder analysis, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_9.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

Stakeholder analysis is aimed at identifying and understanding stakeholders, their roles, interests, relationships and perceptions of problems. It...

Knauer, S. et al., 2011. Water management and urban planning in Belo Horizonte, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_3.pdf.

Published on: 09/02/2012

Belo Horizonte was born as a city of the future; established in the 1890s as the first modern planned city in Brazil. Belo Horizonte was designed ...

Batchelor, C. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Developing a joint vision, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_10.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

Visioning, or formulating a shared description of a desired future state, has the potential to build a shared sense of direction. It can also crea...

Batchelor, C., Butterworth, J. & Adank, M., 2011. Rapid urban water assessment, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_12.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

Finding sustainable solutions to meeting the demand for water services in growing urban areas is a challenging task for today’s decision makers....

Batchelor, C. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Strategy development, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_14.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

How can we design robust strategies for urban water management in the city of the future, in an era of uncertainty? This guideline builds on the...

Butterworth, J. & C. Wells, D.Silva, 2011. Monitoring success and less, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_18.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

This guideline presents a simple framework that was used in SWITCH for monitoring and evaluating with a focus on actors and outcomes. The use of...

C. Wells, D.Silva et al., 2011. Engaging with the realities of governance, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_19.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

Integrated urban water management is challenging because it requires improvements in governance. Two key elements of governance include mechanisms...

Butterworth, J., 2011. A brief review of service delivery concepts: a literature review, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/literature_review_service_delivery_concepts_2011.pdf.

Published on: 19/11/2012

The literature review on service delivery concepts looks at how service delivery is defined and implemented in other sectors as health, electricity...

Sutherland, A. et al., 2011. Perspectives on learning alliances as an innovative mechanism for change, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_0.pdf.

Published on: 09/02/2012

The research consortium which made up the SWITCH project brought together over 100 professionals from more than 33 partner institutions from more...

Chaka, T. et al., 2011. Ethiopia : lessons for rural water supply : assessing progress towards sustainable service delivery, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ethiopia_country_study_2.pdf.

Published on: 19/11/2012

Triple-S country study Ethiopia.

Morris, M. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Starting a learning alliance, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_8.pdf.

Published on: 13/02/2012

How can you engage stakeholders more effectively in change? How can you put new solutions into practice more effectively? A learning alliance may...

Knauer, S. et al., 2010. Towards integrated urban water management in Belo Horizonte, Brazil : a review of the SWITCH project, S.l.: S.n. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Knauer-2010-Towards.pdf.

Published on: 29/07/2011

For a long time, water management in Belo Horizonte focused on keeping up with population growth, in many respects with success. The drinking water...

Wagner, I. et al., 2010. Reflection on the achievements and lessons from the SWITCH urban water management initiative in Lodz, Poland, S.l.: S.n. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Wagner-2010-Reflection.pdf.

Published on: 29/07/2011

The presence of 18 waterways has been a key factor in the history of Lodz, a city whose very name means boat. These water resources were part of...

Butterworth, J. et al., 2010. Monitoring WASH in Ethiopia : messages from a sector symposium : RiPPLE symposium report, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: RiPPLE, Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile region. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/symposium_report.pdf.

Published on: 29/07/2011

From 21-22 October 2010, over 40 sector experts and interested professionals from government, NGOs, and international organisations gathered to...

Pezon, C., Fonseca, C. & Butterworth, J., 2010. IRC Symposium 2010 Pumps, Pipes and Promises : background paper: pumps, pipes and promises : costs, finances and accountability for sustainable WASH services, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Pezon-2010-Background.pdf.

Published on: 11/11/2010

Butterworth, J.

Adank, M. & Butterworth, J., 2014. GLOWS training module : learning about Self-supply, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/glows_ssa_module_fianl_0.pdf.

Butterworth, J., Sutton, S. & Mekonta, L., 2013. Self-supply as a complementary water services delivery model in Ethiopia. , pp.p. 405 - 423; 5 tab.; 3 fig.

Butterworth, J., 2013. Synthesis of symposium outcomes : a powerpoint presented at the Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery symposium on 11 April 2013, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC.

Sutton, S., Butterworth, J. & Mekonta, L., 2012. A hidden resource: household-led rural water supply in Ethiopia, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/a_hidden_resource_web_version_aug_2013.pdf.

Howe, C. et al., 2012. Sustainable water management in the city of the future : findings from the SWITCH Project 2006-2011, Delft, The Netherlands: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Howe-2011-Sustainable.pdf.

Parker, A. et al., 2011. Africa wide water, sanitation and hygiene technology review, Cranfield, UK: Cranfield University at Silsoe. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Parker-2011-Africa.pdf.

Smits, S. et al., 2011. Scanning the 2020 horizon : an analysis of trends and scenarios in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, (Occasional paper series / IRC no. 45) The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Smits-2011-Scanning.pdf.

Wagner, I. et al., 2011. Lodz : city of water, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_7.pdf.

Verhagen, J., Morris, M. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Stakeholder analysis, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_9.pdf.

Knauer, S. et al., 2011. Water management and urban planning in Belo Horizonte, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_3.pdf.

Batchelor, C. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Developing a joint vision, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_10.pdf.

Batchelor, C., Butterworth, J. & Adank, M., 2011. Rapid urban water assessment, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_12.pdf.

Batchelor, C. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Strategy development, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_14.pdf.

Butterworth, J. & C. Wells, D.Silva, 2011. Monitoring success and less, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_18.pdf.

C. Wells, D.Silva et al., 2011. Engaging with the realities of governance, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_19.pdf.

Butterworth, J., 2011. A brief review of service delivery concepts: a literature review, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/literature_review_service_delivery_concepts_2011.pdf.

Sutherland, A. et al., 2011. Perspectives on learning alliances as an innovative mechanism for change, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_0.pdf.

Chaka, T. et al., 2011. Ethiopia : lessons for rural water supply : assessing progress towards sustainable service delivery, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ethiopia_country_study_2.pdf.

Morris, M. & Butterworth, J., 2011. Starting a learning alliance, Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Butterworth-2011-SWITCH_8.pdf.

Knauer, S. et al., 2010. Towards integrated urban water management in Belo Horizonte, Brazil : a review of the SWITCH project, S.l.: S.n. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Knauer-2010-Towards.pdf.

Wagner, I. et al., 2010. Reflection on the achievements and lessons from the SWITCH urban water management initiative in Lodz, Poland, S.l.: S.n. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Wagner-2010-Reflection.pdf.

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