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Burkina Faso was unable to generate full funding for its previous national programme to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), falling... Read more...
Donors have many competing concerns and this can have negative effects as shown in some villages in rural Burkina Faso. 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...
The first lady of Burkina Faso has pledged her support for the "Fasotoilettes 2017" campaign. Read more...
In the context of IRC's work on aid effectiveness and on official development assistance (ODA), a financial analysis of the national WASH programme implementation between 2007 and 2013 has been conducted in Burkina Faso. The following blog summarises the main findings and recommendations to better... Read more...
IRC asked a private operator if it was possible to improve the service provided by hand-pump at current tariff. The answer is yes but the scale at which hand pumps are managed must change. Read more...
The WASHCost Burkina Faso team conducted its research in rural and peri-urban communities across three geographically distinct areas: the dry region of Nord, the capital city Ouagadougou, and the forested Southwest region, Hauts-Bassins. Read more...
This book provides readers with a glimpse into the realities of managing large-scale initiatives with ambitious goals. It reveals that through... Read more...
We are delighted to announce that the WASHCost e-book, Priceless! Uncovering the real costs of water and sanitation, is available for free download on IRCWASH from September 2014. Read more...
It took high income countries 100 years to universalise the access to water and required long-term and massive public financing. Read more...
Monitoring and awareness raising have helped the commune of Gorgadji collect fees for preventive maintenance of waterpoints and take steps towards sustainable water supply services. Read more...
M&E are key to improving both the performance and the sustainability of WASH services. But how much do they cost and how should it be paid for? Read more...
What will rural water supply look like in the future? And will it include the handpump or are there viable, and preferable, options? Read more...
An in-depth study of water provision in Burkina Faso has found that piped water systems provide a better service than handpumps, at a lower cost. Read more...
High breakdown rates of systems in rural Burkina Faso are the visible results of still poorly functioning water supply services. But in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, WASHCost found an example of how the water sector could be organized, by looking at the model of ONEA water company which is... Read more...
IRC has published a research document on the cost, performance and regulation of water services in small towns, in Burkina Faso. This research applies the Life-Cycle Cost Approach and the Service Delivery Approach to assess and compare the cost and the performance of water services provided by... Read more...
Implementing the life-cycle costs approach in Burkina Faso. Read more...
It would be easy, and wrong, to say that global conferences rarely deliver results, for sometimes they offer brand new ways of seeing things. Read more...