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Systems thinking for safe services; how water, sanitation and solid waste service chains are interlinked Read more...
The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to face climate change. Read more...
Providing water and sanitation services to people who live in rural areas or informal settlements or simply aren’t connected to pipes is a complex business. Needlessly so. Social distancing? Queuing for water in Sahel Region of Burkina Faso. Photo: IRC Burkina Faso Read more...
Interview with David DeArmey of Water for Good about using IRC tools in a fragile context. Read more...
The global community has a decade to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals – can we? Read more...
Water and sanitation comprise an increasingly important focus for global health and development philanthropy, but the approach has often been piecemeal, resulting in broken pipes and pumps, disillusioned donors, and suffering beneficiaries. Read more...
Lean government needs a lean private sector to deliver safe water and sanitation to everyone. Both are part of an effective public system. Read more...
Why even social entrepreneurs need strong government. Read more...
A new global guidance document on the District-Wide Approach. Read more...
Developing a collaborative strategic plan for municipal water services needs to focus on structural changes Read more...
Providing water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever for everyone, is all about systems. Read more...
Here’s a real life riddle: there is a huge problem that has not been solved yet. Many options tried so far only dealt partially with the problem and ironically, you are the one asked to solve the whole problem. You know that everything is important; you know you have to include all parts of the... Read more...
IRC's Chief Executive Patrick Moriarty reflects on the highlights from the annual water conference in Stockholm. Read more...