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Tax exemption on a number of products can play an important role in improving sanitation coverage in Ethiopia. Read more...
Imagine a future where every child in South Ari Woreda/District has clean water to drink, a safe toilet to use, and the knowledge to wash their hands properly. This is no longer a dream, rather it is a mission in motion. In 2019, South Ari Woreda embarked on a journey to achieve Sustainable... Read more...
Lessons from Tanzania show that payment by results can help stakeholders achieve improved water point functionality. Read more...
Providing safe water to hard-to-reach villages in a cost-effective way in Arusha. Read more...
A review of the Tanzanian water sector budget for 2021/22. Read more...
Smarter emergency measures against COVID-19 needed to ensure lasting solutions in service provision. Read more...
In recent years, donors have been making greater use of Payment by Results (PbR) approaches to fund development programmes. Read more...
How a blending of service delivery models and finance within a district may hold the solution to financing safe water supplies for everyone. Read more...
An account of personal reflections on the shift to a systems approach. Read more...
This blog looks at the experience of using 'Payment-by-Results' in Tanzania's water sector, and how adaptive programming is key to bridging the gap. Read more...
This week's Weekly WASH Graph presents an infographic and a graph, the combination of which reflects what we think should be the core content of WASH investment plans. Read more...
Regular audits, tight monitoring, stakeholder participation and tactful engagement with politicians can lead to more integrity. Read more...
A large proportion of Tanzanians still do not have access to improved water sources. Read more...
Despite massive investments in rural water supply in Tanzania, the number of people with access to improved water sources has not increased. This begs the question, what could be the reason for this stagnation? Read more...
We cannot do it alone. Reflections from the 7th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum. Read more...
In 2014, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and IRC have started a collaboration to pilot the life-cycle cost approach in the context of refugee camps. Read more...
The new Sustainable Development Goals require revolutionary change, as universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 is a revolutionary idea. But what brings us closer in achieving this? Bethel Terefe of IRC Ethiopia looked for answers at the third international conference on Financing For... Read more...
In the context of the devolution of political powers and responsibilities to the counties in Kenya, planning for water and sanitation services has to step up. Read more...
Value-for-money analysis should be a bottom-up process and managers of WASH programmes should embrace it to transparently track the progress of their project and to demonstrate results. Read more...
Who is responsible for improving the resilience of local population in the Kenya Arid lands against natural disasters and impact of climate change? And who pays the bills for sustainable water services? This was one of the questions that came up during workshops held in Kenya in October 2014. Read more...