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Managing improved water sources at scale

Published on: 10/10/2014
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.

Round table on Costing and financing M&E at the international symposium

Costing and financing monitoring and evaluation of water services

Published on: 30/04/2014
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?

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Piped water vs handpump systems

Published on: 07/02/2014
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.

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The cost of handpump water supply services in the Sahel

Published on: 22/04/2013
A new IRC- Triple-S/GLOWS/WA-WASH research paper analyses the absolute and relative value of each cost component of a water service (capital investment, operating costs, rehabilitation cost, support costs) and looks into each component's cost drivers.

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The cost of handpump water supply services in the Sahel

Published on: 19/04/2013
Component costs and drivers are assessed in a new research paper.