From 16 to 18 November 2010, IRC’s second symposium gathered some 120 international participants in The Hague, The Netherlands to discuss the latest in discursive trends, research agenda and on-the-ground experiences on WASH service costs, financing and accountability.
Published on: 01/08/2011
In IRC Associate’s Peter McIntyre news feature entitled IRC Symposium challenges WASH sector to cost and finance sustainable services, he highlights the main discussion points in the symposium, participants’ expressed commitments, and shares the symposium’s synthesis report.
The symposium was organised in three topic strands, guided by a background note prepared by IRC staff. Of the more than 100 abstracts received by IRC during the preparatory phase, the papers compiled below reflect those that were selected, presented and discussed during the symposium.
User financing of rural handpump water services:
Operation and maintenance costs of rural water supply schemes in South Africa:
The economics of sanitation initiatives (ESI) for sanitation decision making in Southeast Asia
Sanitation costs analysis in Burkina Faso:
Collecting WASH services cost data: experiences from Mozambique:
Costs of delivering water service in rural areas and small towns in Ghana:
Improving the robustness of financial and economic analysis of sanitation system:
A costs analysis of hygiene promotion interventions in Mozambique:
Approach to cost information in the WASH sector in Colombia:
Using franchising principles to improve water services reliability:
Reducing financial barriers to accessing WASH services:
Community financing of handpump maintenance: a case study in rural Mali:
New incentives: economic projections with the water-person-years concept:
Micro-credit and rainwater harvesting:
Mainstreaming program based approach in Burkina Faso:
The financial sustainability of drinking water services: the case of Zorgho, Burkina Faso:
Effective public finance for household sanitation: a study for WaterAid:
Enhancing integrity to improve service delivery in water service supply provision:
Accountability and sustainability of rural water supply and sanitation infrastructure in Timor-Leste:
Corruption in local governments and its impacts on rural water services:
Can we improve accountability through participation? Practical Action's learning:
Can WASH services be improved by TAPping? Insights from WASHCost (India) Project:
Citizens' action for accountable governance - Reflections from South Asia:
Exploring the integrity challenge in the water sector:
Water point mapping - a tool for increasing transparency and accountability:
http://www.ircwash.org/resources/keynote-presentations-irc-symposium-2010-pumps-pipes-and-promises