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Material prepared by a team from the Ghana National Development Planning Commission and IRC Ghana In March 2018 Janet Wilson was fetching water from the old well in Agravi village when a camera crew arrived and started filming. In the video posted online , she can be seen – a woman in her early 60s... Read more...
What does government leadership in the African water and sanitation sector really mean? Perspectives from a technocrat, a politician and IRC's CEO. Read more...
In Asutifi North district in Ghana, the District Assembly is making a bold attempt to achieve district-wide full coverage by 2030. Read more...
New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana. Read more...
The objective of Action Research for Learning was to strengthen the capacities of the selected partners for action research, analysis, reporting and learning. Read more...
Next week, the Dutch parliament will discuss the multi-annual collaboration plans for its bilateral development cooperation with some 15 partner countries. This could be a pretty dull and technical affair, were it not for the fact that these plans give an interesting insight into what the end of... Read more...
Volgende week zal de Tweede Kamer de meerjarige samenwerkingsplannen bespreken voor bilaterale ontwikkelingssamenwerking met zo’n 15 partner landen. Het zou een behoorlijk saaie en technische aangelegenheid kunnen worden, ware het niet dat deze plannen een interessante blik werpen op het tijdperk... Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency takes a unified approach with new single source documents. Read more...
Territorial approaches to rural water supply were a hot topic at this week's Triple-S annual meeting. Read more...
Dora depends on one community handpump. How are her satisfaction levels being measured, and what can we learn from them? Read more...
Fee-based approaches alone won't cut it when it comes to getting decent-quality services to the poor. Read more...
Elder Joe is the proud secretary of a water committee managing a handpump on the outskirts of Odumase town in Ghana. But the committee would rather manage a different type of system. Read more...
The costs of getting spare parts for handpumps can sometimes be higher than the costs of the parts. But a new SMS-based system might help. Read more...
The USAID water strategy has had the gestation period of an elephant, but now that it's finally out, has it been worth the wait? Read more...
Could lack of definition be undermining the impact of effective but costly support? Read more...