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IRC and WASH specialists are working hard to ensure that the rural population is not abandoned in this time of crisis. Read more...
IRC Burkina a initié une plateforme d'échange d'expériences et de capitalisation dans les communes exemplaires du Passoré. Read more...
Donors have many competing concerns and this can have negative effects as shown in some villages in rural Burkina Faso. Read more...
IRC Board member Henk den Boer reflects on his visit to Burkina Faso. Read more...
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance. Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso looked into management models that would permanently reduce the number and length of breakdowns of boreholes with hand pumps in rural Burkina Faso. Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso investigated the factors that explain why boreholes with hand pumps in the Sahel region break down so often. Read more...
One of the main conditions for providing potable water services is that the service provider must be able to guarantee that the water is safe for consumption. But what happens when you live in an area where such services are not within reach? Can you be sure that the water that is available is safe... Read more...
Last week it was World Water Day 2014 , with the topic of "water and energy". I see obvious issues coming by on the water-energy nexus (which by the way is one of those development sector buzz words that I start disliking more every day. I hope the next buzz word is a bit more, uh, sparkling), such... Read more...
An in-depth study of water provision in Burkina Faso has found that piped water systems provide a better service than handpumps, at a lower cost. Read more...
It would be easy, and wrong, to say that global conferences rarely deliver results, for sometimes they offer brand new ways of seeing things. Read more...
Component costs and drivers are assessed in a new research paper. Read more...
Could lack of definition be undermining the impact of effective but costly support? Read more...