This paper presents a set of nine building blocks of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems intended to reduce complexity to a manageable level, enabling and supporting action whilst neither oversimplifying reality nor losing sight of the entirety of the broader WASH system.
By assessing the condition of each of the building blocks – institutions, policy and legislation, finance, regulation and accountability, monitoring, planning, infrastructure, water resource management, and learning and adaptation – and of the linkages between them, WASH practitioners can identify weak points and target their interventions for greater effect.
| Title | Understanding the WASH system and its building blocks : building strong WASH systems for the SDGs |
| Publication Type | Working Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2018 |
| Authors | Huston, A., Moriarty, P.B. |
| Secondary Title | IRC WASH systems series |
| Pagination | 37 p. : 6 boxes, 7 fig. |
| Date Published | 08/2018 |
| Publisher | IRC |
| Place Published | The Hague, the Netherlands |
| Publication Language | English |
| Other Numbers | IRC-WSS-WP-2018-01 |
| Keywords | adaptive management, building blocks, Finance, infrastructure, institutional framework, planning, systems approach |
| Abstract | This paper presents a set of nine building blocks of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems intended to reduce complexity to a manageable level, enabling and supporting action whilst neither oversimplifying reality nor losing sight of the entirety of the broader WASH system. By assessing the condition of each of the building blocks – institutions, policy and legislation, finance, regulation and accountability, monitoring, planning, infrastructure, water resource management, and learning and adaptation – and of the linkages between them, WASH practitioners can identify weak points and target their interventions for greater effect. |
| Notes | Includes 101 ref. and glossary. |
| Citation Key | 84303 |
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