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Vera van der Grift, IRC Information Officer gives examples of how the life-cycle costs approach has been taken up by global level actors. From international donors to regional lending banks, WASH sector actors are thinking about the importance of financing asset management and capital replacement... Read more...
Find out how different organisations around the world are using the life-cycle costs approach. Read more...
For community-managed rural water supply to be sustainable, a "plus" is needed: special efforts to empower communities during project implementation, and continued support from government during service delivery. The Community Water Plus project seeks to get a better understanding of the costs of... Read more...
Life-cycle costs represent the aggregate costs of ensuring delivery of adequate, equitable and sustainable WASH services indefinitely to a population in a specified area. These costs include: Capital expenditure on hardware and software (CapEx) Operating and minor maintenance expenditure (OpEx)... 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 paper concludes that there is chronic underfunding of rural water services, to meet the costs required to provide and sustain a basic level of... Read more...
Using the life-cycle cost approach (LCCA) this study showed the budget gaps for the sustainability of water services. Read more...
Key learnings for budget and financing arrangements for WASH in two Indian states (Bihar and Odisha), with emphasis on hygiene in the wake of the... Read more...
This study investigates the support services provided by the Water and Sanitation Management Organization (WASMO) in Gandhinagar District, Gujarat. Read more...
This study investigates the support services provided by the Water and Sanitation Management Organization (WASMO) in Kutch District, Gujarat. Read more...
BRAC WASH has had a transformative effect on latrine construction in Bagherpara, Bangladesh – especially for the ultra-poor who cannot afford to... Read more...
Tamale, the Northern Regional capital of Ghana has hosted the final in the series of Life Cycle Cost Approach (LCCA) training for selected districts in three regions of Ghana. The training is to build the capacity of the relevant technical staff involved in budgeting and planning for water,... Read more...
USAID programmes collaborate to improve rural water supplies for pastoralist communities in drought-prone regions. Read more...
IRC Ghana has organised a Life-Cycle Cost Approach (LCCA) training for participants at the Mole Conference XXIII. The main message brought by facilitator Dr Nyarko, country director for WASHCost Ghana, was the need to properly budget for activities throughout the life-time of a system and he... Read more...