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Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2011. Ladders for assessing and costing water service delivery 2nd ed., (WASHCost working paper 2) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Moriarty-2011-Ladders.pdf.

Published on: 12/08/2010

This working paper introduces the concept of service levels, grouped as sequential rungs on a ladder, as a way of differentiating broad and...

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2010. WASHCost theory of change: reforms in the water sector and what they mean for the use of unit costs, (WASHCost global working paper 1) The Hague: IRC . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Moriarty-2010-WASHCost.pdf.

Published on: 21/12/2011

This working paper presents initial findings from a series of country sector scans carried out during the inception phase of WASHCost. It provides...

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2010. Keynote presentations of the IRC Symposium 2010, 'Pumps, Pipes and Promises', Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/7_moriarty_symposiumsynthesis_irc_1.pptx.

Published on: 01/08/2014

Fonseca, C., 2021. Public finance for SDG 6, (WASH Systems Academy podcast)

Published on: 26/06/2023

In this episode (2 mins) we hear from Catarina Fonseca on the importance of public finance in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals.

Fonseca, C. & Muhumuza, F., 2021. Finding the right mix of finance in Uganda, (WASH Systems Academy podcast) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 26/06/2023

Catarina Fonseca and Fred Muhumuza discuss why WASH coverage levels in Uganda is stagnating.

Fonseca, C., 2021. The finance gap, (WASH Systems Academy podcast) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 26/06/2023

IRC Associate Catarina Fonseca talks about the status of finance for WASH services.

Naafs, A., Fonseca, C. & kebede, A., 2019. Life cycle cost analysis for Splash school interventions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: IRC Ethiopia. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/20191028_lcca_splash_ethiopia_irc_final_1.pdf.

Published on: 21/06/2021

Addis Ababa Education Bureau, supported by

Fonseca, C., Franceys, R. & Perry, C., 2010. Guidelines for user fees and cost recovery for rural, non-networked, water and sanitation delivery, Tunis, Tunisia: African Development Bank. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ADB-2010-Guidelines-Rural.pdf.

Published on: 09/12/2010

These guidelines have been prepared to assist Regional Member Countries (RMCs), service providers and RMCs investors working in project formulation...

Kouassi-Komlan, E. & Fonseca, C., 2004. Micro finance for water and sanitation in West Africa, (In: 30th WEDC International Conference, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 2004) Loughborough, UK: Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/KouassiKomlan-2004-Micro.pdf.

Published on: 23/11/2005

Fonseca, C. et al., 2020. Water & sanitation : how to make public investment work : a handbook for finance ministers, New York, NY, USA: Sanitation and Water for All (SWA). Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/financial_handbook-digital-en.pdf.

Published on: 03/09/2020

A call to action for ministers of finance, with inspirational case studies and forward-looking sector perspectives. It is part of an initiative by...

Fonseca, C., Muturi, M. & Karanja, M., 2020. Changes in the civic space for water, sanitation and sexual health rights in Kajiado County, Kenya, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC and Watershed partners. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/changes_in_the_civic_space_for_water_sanitation_and_sexual_health_rights_0.pdf.

Published on: 21/09/2020

Key finding of this briefing note: Overall, citizens holding governments to account is dependent on effective civil society and media shaping the...

Fonseca, C. & Frade, J., 2019. Addressing the financing gap in the water sector in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC and Water For People . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-201922briefingnote02_web-new.pdf.

Published on: 13/09/2019

Many countries have a massive finance gap in meeting the ambitious targets they have set for the water sector (UN-Water, 2019). This means...

Fonseca, C., 2018. IRC International Programme 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/irc_international_progamme_strategy_2017_2021.pdf.

Published on: 21/11/2019

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

McIntyre, P. et al., 2014. Priceless! : uncovering the real costs of water and sanitation, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/2014_priceless_mcintyreetal_0.pdf.

Published on: 20/08/2014

This book provides readers with a glimpse into the realities of managing large-scale initiatives with ambitious goals. It reveals that through...

Schweitzer, R. et al., 2013. Household expenditure on water services in Burkina Faso : financial and economic expenditures of rural and peri-urban households across socio-economic classes and seasons in Burkina Faso, (7) The Hague: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/schweitzer-2013-household_0.pdf.

Published on: 06/02/2014

In this working paper, WASHCost analyses how household expenditure in formal water sources - financial, economic and cumulative - vary across the...

Franceys, R. et al., 2011. The cost of capital : costs of financing capital expenditure for water and sanitation, (WASHCost global briefing note 1c) The Hague: IRC . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Franceys-2011-Cost.pdf.

Published on: 27/10/2011

This briefing note investigates the cost of financing capital expenditure, usually referred to as the cost of capital, and explains why it is one...

Fonseca, C., Dubé, A. & Verhoeven, J., 2011. Cost-based decision support tools for water and sanitation, (4) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Fonseca-2011-Cost-based.pdf.

Published on: 27/10/2011

The first section of this working paper describes the Life-Cycle Cost Approach (LCCA) and the cost components required for ensuring services that...

Fonseca, C. et al., 2021. The role of National Public Development Banks in financing the water and sanitation SDG 6, the water related goals of the Paris Agreement and biodiversity protection, Paris, France: Agence Française de Développement. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/global_study_role_of_national_public_development_banks_in_financing_the_water_and_sanitation_sdg_6_online.pdf.

Published on: 26/08/2021

National public development banks are underused and that they have the potential to raise finance for achieving both the SDG 6 and the water-related...

Pories, L., Fonseca, C. & Delmon, V., 2019. Movilización de financiamiento para WASH : construir bien las bases, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC, Water.org, World Bank. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/15225-wb_movilizacion_de_financiamiento-spanish_web.pdf.

Published on: 30/07/2019

La movilización de fondos para abordar la brecha financiera de los ODS 6.1 y 6.2 con éxito y de manera sostenible requerirá más que vehículos y...

Pories, L., Fonseca, C. & Delmon, V., 2019. Mobiliser le financement pour le WASH : jeter les bonnes bases, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC, Water.org, World Bank. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/15225-wb_mobiliser_le_financement-french_web.pdf.

Published on: 30/07/2019

La mobilisation de financement pour parvenir à combler de manière durable le déficit de financement des ODD 6.1 et 6.2 demande plus que de disposer...

L. van den, L. & Fonseca, C., 2018. Global review of national accountability mechanisms for SDG6 IRC & Consortium, W., eds., London, UK: End Water Poverty. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ewp_national_accountability_report_digital_0.pdf.

Published on: 11/07/2018

An in-depth inclusive analysis on country-level accountability mechanisms towards Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on clean water and...

van der Westhuizen, C. & Fonseca, C., 2018. Public finance and accountability with Carlene van der Westhuizen & Catarina Fonseca, (WASH Talk 16) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 09/07/2018

A podcast about empowering civil society with transparency tools to aid in the fight against lagging WASH budgets.

Potter, A. et al., 2011. Assessing sanitation service levels 2nd ed.nd ed., (WASHCost working paper 3) The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Potter-2011-Assessing.pdf.

Published on: 07/10/2010

Conventional sanitation ladders rank sanitation in increasing complexity of technological options. However, sanitation improvement is not as...

Tremolet, S. et al., 2007. Innovations in financing urban water and sanitation : financing shelter, water and sanitation, (In: Financing Shelter, Water and Sanitation, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, July 1-6, 2017) New York, NY, USA: Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), Columbia University. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Tremolet-2007-Innovations.pdf.

Published on: 22/10/2010

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) identified water and sanitation services as key factors in lifting people out of poverty. However, the...

Smits, S. & Fonseca, C., 2020. Costing and financing of small-scale water supply and sanitation services, Copenhagen, Denmark: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Published on: 22/06/2020

Guidelines for European national and subnational policy-makers responsible for sustainable financing of small-scale water and sanitation services,...

Fonseca, C.

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2011. Ladders for assessing and costing water service delivery 2nd ed., (WASHCost working paper 2) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Moriarty-2011-Ladders.pdf.

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2010. WASHCost theory of change: reforms in the water sector and what they mean for the use of unit costs, (WASHCost global working paper 1) The Hague: IRC . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Moriarty-2010-WASHCost.pdf.

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2010. Keynote presentations of the IRC Symposium 2010, 'Pumps, Pipes and Promises', Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/7_moriarty_symposiumsynthesis_irc_1.pptx.

Fonseca, C., 2021. Public finance for SDG 6, (WASH Systems Academy podcast)

Fonseca, C. & Muhumuza, F., 2021. Finding the right mix of finance in Uganda, (WASH Systems Academy podcast) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Fonseca, C., 2021. The finance gap, (WASH Systems Academy podcast) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Naafs, A., Fonseca, C. & kebede, A., 2019. Life cycle cost analysis for Splash school interventions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: IRC Ethiopia. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/20191028_lcca_splash_ethiopia_irc_final_1.pdf.

Fonseca, C., Franceys, R. & Perry, C., 2010. Guidelines for user fees and cost recovery for rural, non-networked, water and sanitation delivery, Tunis, Tunisia: African Development Bank. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ADB-2010-Guidelines-Rural.pdf.

Fonseca, C. et al., 2020. Water & sanitation : how to make public investment work : a handbook for finance ministers, New York, NY, USA: Sanitation and Water for All (SWA). Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/financial_handbook-digital-en.pdf.

Fonseca, C. & Frade, J., 2019. Addressing the financing gap in the water sector in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC and Water For People . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-201922briefingnote02_web-new.pdf.

Fonseca, C., 2018. IRC International Programme 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/irc_international_progamme_strategy_2017_2021.pdf.

McIntyre, P. et al., 2014. Priceless! : uncovering the real costs of water and sanitation, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/2014_priceless_mcintyreetal_0.pdf.

Franceys, R. et al., 2011. The cost of capital : costs of financing capital expenditure for water and sanitation, (WASHCost global briefing note 1c) The Hague: IRC . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Franceys-2011-Cost.pdf.

Fonseca, C., Dubé, A. & Verhoeven, J., 2011. Cost-based decision support tools for water and sanitation, (4) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Fonseca-2011-Cost-based.pdf.

Pories, L., Fonseca, C. & Delmon, V., 2019. Movilización de financiamiento para WASH : construir bien las bases, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC, Water.org, World Bank. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/15225-wb_movilizacion_de_financiamiento-spanish_web.pdf.

Pories, L., Fonseca, C. & Delmon, V., 2019. Mobiliser le financement pour le WASH : jeter les bonnes bases, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC, Water.org, World Bank. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/15225-wb_mobiliser_le_financement-french_web.pdf.

L. van den, L. & Fonseca, C., 2018. Global review of national accountability mechanisms for SDG6 IRC & Consortium, W., eds., London, UK: End Water Poverty. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ewp_national_accountability_report_digital_0.pdf.

van der Westhuizen, C. & Fonseca, C., 2018. Public finance and accountability with Carlene van der Westhuizen & Catarina Fonseca, (WASH Talk 16) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Potter, A. et al., 2011. Assessing sanitation service levels 2nd ed.nd ed., (WASHCost working paper 3) The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Potter-2011-Assessing.pdf.

Smits, S. & Fonseca, C., 2020. Costing and financing of small-scale water supply and sanitation services, Copenhagen, Denmark: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

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