Our Resources library contains some of our best thinking as well as useful resources from other organisations. Here are our most recent additions
The lack of a post-handover operation and maintenance plan for handpumps has created an "install and forget" model. Read more...
This is an assessment conducted in South Ari Woreda, Ethiopia, identified critical challenges in maintaining rural water schemes and highlighted... Read more...
Testing approaches to strengthen the sustainability and performance of WASH service delivery systems. Read more...
An analysis of government interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve... Read more...
An analysis of government or private interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve... Read more...
This report summarises the strengths of the decentralised local systems that deliver services in two locations in Ethiopia, describing key actors,... Read more...
Emerging trends and practical recommendations for organisations interested in growing or starting a maintenance service provision (MSP) model for... Read more...
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... Read more...
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... Read more...
A review of financial, governance and technical challenges impacting the sustainability of rural water supply schemes in Sarlahi and Rautahat... Read more...
An introduction to the UDUMA model based on long-term affermage contracts with local authorities and blended finance, which is being piloted in... Read more...
A preparatory study for a proposal to install a piped water system to serve five communities. Read more...
This presentation describes IRC's Asset Registry Assessment Tool and how Water For People used it in Rwanda's Rulindo district. Read more...
The District Strategy for achieving full water coverage (2017 to 2025) provides the framework for the implementation of water activities and services... Read more...
This paper focuses on budget allocations and expenditures by national, state and district authorities for Odisha State and Ganjam District (India). Read more...
This working paper reviews the institutional setup and financial flows for water supply and sanitation in the commune of Houndé, Burkina Faso. Read more...
Districts in Uganda still have to grapple with two big challenges including ineffective management of water sources and inadequate funding for... Read more...
This report focuses on defining the conditions for the establishment of an effective repair and maintenance system for hand pumps in the Sahel region. Read more...