Resources :: IRC

Fonseca, C., 2015. Domestic resource mobilisation : what is it?, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 08/06/2015

We have five years to get the right financing mechanisms in place if we want to achieve universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030.

Fonseca, C. & I, R., 2015. Financing urban sanitation : public finance at national level, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/susana_brief_financing_urban_sanitation_0.pdf.

Published on: 19/08/2015

Why do we need domestic public finance for urban sanitation and how much of it being spent now.

Verhoeven, J. et al., 2010. WASHCost data organization and coding protocol, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/20100810_washcost_data_protocol.pdf.

Published on: 10/08/2010

Data protocol, specifying agreements on the organisation, structure, coding and sharing of the information collected in the WASHCost project.

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2005. Learning alliances for scaling up innovative approaches in the water and sanitation sector, (In: ESRC-funded Seminar Series. Water Governance – Challenging the Consensus. Seminar 3: Politics, Institutions and Participation, 27 and 28 June 2005, The Hague) Bradford, UK: University of Bradford and IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/2005-90915-learning-alliances-scaling-up-innovative-approaches-water-sanitation-sector.pdf.

Published on: 01/02/2024

This paper introduces the concept of Learning Alliances, a structured process of innovation and scaling up of innovation in the water and sanitation...

Gore, F. et al., 2023. All Systems Connect : CONNECT Finance presentations, (All Systems Connect International Symposium, 2-4 May 2023, The Hague, the Netherlands) The Hague, the Netherlands: One For All - IRC, Water For People, Water for Good. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/c3.1_the_water_sector_finance_gap.pptx.

Published on: 11/05/2023

Presentations from the CONNECT Finance thematic track of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023.

Fonseca, C., 2016. Water and sanitation infrastructure : the end of ownership?, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/cf_ppt_via_water_event_v2.pptx.

Published on: 08/06/2016

The advantages and limitations of "end of ownership" service models and where they are currently being applied.

Fonseca, C. & Boot, N., 2022. Value for money analysis : experience and impact, (WASH results / UNICEF) New York, NY, USA: UNICEF, IRC & Water For People. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/wr0422_value_for_money_analysis_experience_and_impact.pdf.

Published on: 14/12/2022

Best practices, challenges and recommendations on the use of UNICEF's Value for Money (VFM) tool and other VFM metrics.

Slaymaker, T. & Fonseca, C., 2017. Monitoring systems for WASH, (WASH Talk 3) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 20/04/2017

Podcast featuring Tom Slaymaker and Catarina Fonseca talking about the need to collect more complex monitoring data on water, sanitation and hygiene...

Fonseca, C. & Pories, L., 2017. Financing WASH : how to increase funds for the sector while reducing inequalities : position paper for the Sanitation and Water for All Finance Ministers Meeting, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC, water.org, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Simavi. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/2017-4-19_financing_wash_postion_paper_final.pdf.

Published on: 13/04/2017

Ministers of Finance should increase funding for the enabling environment, make more use of micro and blended finance, and address the inequities in...

Fonseca, C., 2016. Water Integrity Global Outlook : following the money, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/water_integrity_global_outlook_-_following_the_money.pptx.

Published on: 25/04/2016

Despite investing US$ 486 million in rural water supply in Tanzania between 2007-2014, coverage is stagnating and even declining. Who is to blame?

Rognerud, I. & Fonseca, C., 2016. Government investment in sanitation : 2016 state of play, (Finance brief / Public Finance for WASH) London, UK: IRC and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP). Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/finance_brief_9_govt_investment_in_sanitation_2016_state_of_play_0.pdf.

Published on: 18/04/2016

Only eight African countries provide data on sanitation expenditure. All of them are falling behind on their commitment to spend 0.5% of their Gross...

Acioly, C., van der Kerk, A. & Fonseca, C., 2016. The Dutch Water Bank : a useful model for developing countries?, (Finance brief / Public Finance for WASH) London, UK: Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) and IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/finance_brief_11_-_dutch_water_bank_-_a_useful_model_for_developing_countries.pdf.

Published on: 19/05/2016

The Dutch Water Bank was initially established primarily to finance flood control, but the model is potentially applicable to other aspects of water...

Fonseca, C., 2015. DRM and WASH in the financing for development agenda, (Finance brief / Public Finance for WASH) London, UK: Public Finance for WASH, Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP). Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/finance_brief_4_-_drm_and_wash_in_the_financing_for_development_agenda.pdf.

Published on: 21/05/2015

This Finance Brief summarises the increasing relevance of Domestic Resource Mobilisation (DRM) in supporting the ambitious goals of the Sustainable...

Fonseca, C., 2015. Making the invisible visible : monitoring the costs and finance needed for sustainable WASH service delivery, (In: Schouten, T. & Smits, S., 2015. From infrastructure to services : trends in monitoring sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services) Rugby, UK: IRC and Practical Action. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/pa_book_final_pdf_2015.pdf.

Published on: 11/06/2018

Financial monitoring will be useful only if governments lead in setting the service-level standards they want to deliver to citizens.

Fonseca, C., 2014. The death of the communal handpump? : rural water and sanitation household costs in lower-income countries, Cranfield, UK: Cranfield University, School of Applied Sciences, Water Sciences. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/pimenta_de_castro_fonseca_thesis_2014.pdf.

Published on: 13/07/2014

Even the extreme poor can and do pay for improved water and sanitation services, especially if they can save time collecting water. For sanitation,...

Jacimovic, R. & Fonseca, C., 2012. Briefing Note on budget tracking approaches in the WASH sector: methods, applicability and examples, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC and the Dutch WASH Alliance. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/dwa-ll_budget_tracking_note.pdf.

Published on: 25/04/2012

The Dutch WASH Alliance (DWA) works towards a society in which everybody has access to sustainable water and sanitation. DWA acknowledges that...

O. Reghizzi, C. et al., 2022. National Public Development Banks (PDBs) : key actors financing water and sanitation, (AFD policy brief 12) Paris, France: Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/policy_brief_12_va_bat_2_web.pdf.

Published on: 22/04/2022

Recommendations for the shareholders of national PDBs: states and governments.

O. Reghizzi, C. et al., 2022. Les banques publiques de développement (BPD) nationales : des acteurs clés dans le financement de l’eau et de l’assainissement, (AFD policy brief 12) Paris, France: Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/policy_brief_12_vf_bat_2_web.pdf.

Published on: 17/05/2022

Recommandations pour les actionnaires des BPDs: les gouvernements des États.

Fonseca, C. & van de Lande, L., 2021. Monitoring and accountability frameworks for SDG 6 : the role of civil society organisations, (In: Pandey, V.P., Shrestha, S., Wiberg, D., 2021. Water, climate change, and sustainability) Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Published on: 02/08/2021

What is currently working well and what needs to be urgently addressed for meaningful reporting on implementation and progress towards SDG 6 targets.

Fonseca, C., 2019. Addressing the financing gap, (WASH Systems Academy podcast) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 02/04/2019

Listen to this podcast with Catarina Fonseca of IRC on how WASH systems strengthening can help address the financing gap in the WASH sector.

Pories, L., Fonseca, C. & Delmon, V., 2019. Mobilising finance for WASH : getting the foundations right, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC, Water.org, World Bank. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/mobilising_finance_for_wash_-_web.pdf.

Published on: 07/03/2019

This working paper unpacks what is meant by the enabling environment for finance in WASH and presents real examples of how these bottlenecks are...

Fonseca, C., 2019. Why is finance the unavoidable building block?, (WASH Systems Academy podcast) The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 02/04/2019

Find out in this podcast with Catarina Fonseca of IRC why she refers to finance as the unavoidable building block and which two key costs are...

Humphreys, E., van der Kerk, A. & Fonseca, C., 2018. Public finance for water infrastructure development and its practical challenges for small towns. Water Policy, 20(S1), pp.100–111.

Published on: 16/05/2018

Existing models used for financing water infrastructure development do not seem very applicable to the realities of small towns.

Rognerud, I. et al., 2016. IRC trends analysis, 2016–2025, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-201610trendanalysis05.pdf.

Published on: 16/06/2016

An analysis of 11 global and regional trends in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.

Snehalatha, M. et al., 2015. School WASH programmes in Bangladesh : how much does it cost? : applying the life-cycle costs approach in selected upazilas, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC and BRAC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/lcca_methodologyreport_school_wash_clean.pdf.

Published on: 27/05/2015

This study presents the first adaptation of the life-cycle costs approach to school WASH interventions. It is based on a survey of the sanitation and...

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Fonseca, C., 2015. Domestic resource mobilisation : what is it?, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC.

Fonseca, C. & I, R., 2015. Financing urban sanitation : public finance at national level, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/susana_brief_financing_urban_sanitation_0.pdf.

Verhoeven, J. et al., 2010. WASHCost data organization and coding protocol, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/20100810_washcost_data_protocol.pdf.

Fonseca, C., 2016. Water and sanitation infrastructure : the end of ownership?, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/cf_ppt_via_water_event_v2.pptx.

Fonseca, C. & Boot, N., 2022. Value for money analysis : experience and impact, (WASH results / UNICEF) New York, NY, USA: UNICEF, IRC & Water For People. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/wr0422_value_for_money_analysis_experience_and_impact.pdf.

Slaymaker, T. & Fonseca, C., 2017. Monitoring systems for WASH, (WASH Talk 3) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Fonseca, C., 2016. Water Integrity Global Outlook : following the money, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/water_integrity_global_outlook_-_following_the_money.pptx.

Jacimovic, R. & Fonseca, C., 2012. Briefing Note on budget tracking approaches in the WASH sector: methods, applicability and examples, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC and the Dutch WASH Alliance. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/dwa-ll_budget_tracking_note.pdf.

O. Reghizzi, C. et al., 2022. National Public Development Banks (PDBs) : key actors financing water and sanitation, (AFD policy brief 12) Paris, France: Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/policy_brief_12_va_bat_2_web.pdf.

Fonseca, C. & van de Lande, L., 2021. Monitoring and accountability frameworks for SDG 6 : the role of civil society organisations, (In: Pandey, V.P., Shrestha, S., Wiberg, D., 2021. Water, climate change, and sustainability) Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Fonseca, C., 2019. Addressing the financing gap, (WASH Systems Academy podcast) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC.

Pories, L., Fonseca, C. & Delmon, V., 2019. Mobilising finance for WASH : getting the foundations right, The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC, Water.org, World Bank. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/mobilising_finance_for_wash_-_web.pdf.

Fonseca, C., 2019. Why is finance the unavoidable building block?, (WASH Systems Academy podcast) The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC.

Humphreys, E., van der Kerk, A. & Fonseca, C., 2018. Public finance for water infrastructure development and its practical challenges for small towns. Water Policy, 20(S1), pp.100–111.

Rognerud, I. et al., 2016. IRC trends analysis, 2016–2025, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/084-201610trendanalysis05.pdf.

Snehalatha, M. et al., 2015. School WASH programmes in Bangladesh : how much does it cost? : applying the life-cycle costs approach in selected upazilas, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC and BRAC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/lcca_methodologyreport_school_wash_clean.pdf.

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