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Why is finance the unavoidable building block? - podcast

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It’s about strengthening systems - podcast

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Collecting life-cycle cost data for WASH services : a guide for practitioners

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It’s about strengthening WASH systems

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KnowledgePoint : a collaborative technical support service

A short presentation about KnowledgePoint, an online Q&A platform for humanitarian and development aid workers.
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Inspiring water entrepreneurship in Tigray-iWET : an approach and a tool for system change

As a result of the the iWET project, functionality in some districts has risen from 80% to 95%, scheme downtime has been reduced from 30 days to...
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Keeping community managed handpump systems going

This paper proposes a framework of elements that need to be in place for continued handpump functioning, and then turns this into a diagnostic device...
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The utility approach : extended distribution for household water filters in Ethiopia

Making a range of good quality household water filters available to customers is an additional service and an intermediate solution until water...
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'Utilitisation'

There is no shortcut to institutional co-evolution. If we want imported technology to function, in advance of effective demand, the only way forward...
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Mobile phone prepayment for household water connections in Ghana

Though mobile money penetration is high (72%), using mobile money for water bill payments is not top of mind and would require additional awareness...
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The Sanitation Cityscape Conceptual Framework : understanding urban sanitation systems

Urban systems are not liner and the cityscape provides a conceptual framing of where sanitation services are located vis a vis urban residents'...
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WASH Systems Academy - How does it work?

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System dynamics modelling as a tool for assessing rural water sustainability

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Moving toward prevention : rural water maintenance and sustained service delivery

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Fostering WASH system changes in Haiti using principles from the market systems sector

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How to use learning alliances to achieve systems change at scale

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...
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Mobilising finance for WASH : getting the foundations right

This working paper unpacks what is meant by the enabling environment for finance in WASH and presents real examples of how these bottlenecks are...
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Systems strengthening for sanitation; how does it work

Animation about the sanitation service chain.
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All systems go! - Symposium concept notes for the thematic areas

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Parts of the system : supply chains and operation and maintenance (O&M) in Amhara, Ethiopia

This paper summarises results of a study about the demand for rural water facility spares, the organisation of supply chains and the O&M systems...
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Digging deep behind the complexities of sustainable water supply in Nepal

A review of financial, governance and technical challenges impacting the sustainability of rural water supply schemes in Sarlahi and Rautahat...
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Conditions for private sector involvement and financing in rural water supply

An introduction to the UDUMA model based on long-term affermage contracts with local authorities and blended finance, which is being piloted in...
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Understanding complexity in WASH systems

The paper provides background on the concept of complex systems, its applicability to WASH, and some proposed approaches for practitioners to use...
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Positioning WASH services within a systems framework and demonstrating achievement of open defecation free status at scale : an example from the Indian State of Bihar

Adopting a systems approach of WASH services, which included strengthening institutional systems and service delivery models, while also introducing...
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Kick-starting WASH systems in newly established local authorities : an experience from Nepal

This paper highlights efforts in using one-off surveys to inform WASH plans to help to kick-start recurrent monitoring and management processes in...
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