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The true costs of participatory sanitation : evidence from community-led total sanitation studies in Ghana and Ethiopia

Published on: 10/06/2017

The programme cost of CLTS is $30-82 per household targeted in Ghana, and $14-19 in Ethiopia. Local investments range from $8-22 per household... Read more...

Sustainability of community-led total sanitation outcomes : evidence from Ethiopia and Ghana

Published on: 11/05/2017

CLTS outcomes can be sustained in the presence of training provided to local actors, but CLTS is not appropriate in all settings and should be... Read more...

Looking beyond headline indicators : water and sanitation services in small towns in Ethiopia

Published on: 28/04/2017

This paper presents findings on water and sanitation service levels from 16 small and medium towns in four regions of Ethiopia. Read more...

Gestion des connaissances et l'apprentissage sectoriel en matière d'approvisionnement en eau potable, hygiène et assainissement au Burkina Faso

Mapping regional capacity for knowledge management and sector learning in West and Central African countries. Main findings.

Successful sludge enterprises in small urban centres in Zimbabwe

Published on: 12/01/2017

Poster showing main research questions around an appropriate technology for pit emptying in Zimbabwe. Read more...

WASH services in small towns : mid-line report for quasi-randomised control trial to assess impacts of the ONEWASH Plus programme

Published on: 10/01/2017

This publication has been produced by IRC as part of its independent monitoring and knowledge management services to the ONEWASH Plus programme. The... Read more...

Sanitation – a right but also our civic duty

Published on: 14/12/2016

What would happen if we outlawed and started to punish open air defecation in Burkina Faso? Read more...

Monitoring rural water services for sound evidence-based planning and finance decision making : lessons from Ghana

Droit à l’assainissement et responsabilité citoyenne : et si on commençait maintenant par interdire et sanctionner la défécation dans la nature ?

Published on: 02/12/2016

Nous avons célébré le 19 novembre dernier la journée mondiale des toilettes. Cela fait ironiser beaucoup de monde, car on se demande bien d'où peut être venue cette idée de célébrer les toilettes. Evidemment, quand on a des toilettes propres utilisables à tout moment à la maison ou sur nos lieux de... Read more...