Dr Patrick Moriarty is IRC's Chief Executive Officer. A Civil Engineer by first degree and Water Resource Management expert by main experience, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work on water service delivery and local water governance. Patrick has over twenty years experience of a broad range of issues around water, its management and its use in improving human well-being , predominantly in Africa and South Asia.
Patrick has been with IRC since 2000, and has held several leadership positions; as head of knowledge development; IRC's country director in Ghana; and Director of one of the IRC's major projects -Triple-S.
Patrick's main area of interest is in how IRC can ignite and support sector-wide change that brings improved services (and more sustainable water resource use) to all. He finds the most professional satisfaction working in the messy interface between policy, applied research and practice.
This working paper sets out the thinking behind IRC's use of learning alliances, offers practical guidance on how to adopt the approach and build a... Read more...
This working paper is one of a series that explains IRC's emerging praxis for working with and strengthening WASH systems. Read more...
This working paper sets out the theory of change that guides IRC's Triple-S project. At the heart of this approach is a vision of how the rural water... Read more...
This paper is about the costs of providing direct and indirect support to rural water service provision and provides an overview of the features such... Read more...
This working paper introduces the concept of service levels, grouped as sequential rungs on a ladder, as a way of differentiating broad and... Read more...
The main message of the document is that groundwater in much of semi-arid Zimbabwe is a currently underused but fast developing resource that plays a... Read more...
This thematic overview paper (TOP) looks at the broad range of uses which people allocate to their water supplies, in particular at productive... Read more...
Small towns and their water supply need are described. Experiences in small towns and the challenge of providing sustainable services are written... Read more...
The document reports the findings of a participatory review of 11 drinking water and sanitation supply (DWSS) and integrated water resource... Read more...