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Rural water asset management practices in Ghana : the gaps and needs

2018
Without an improved asset maintenance, system it...
costs and finance over time

Weekly WASH graph: visualising WASH investment plans in Rwanda

This week's Weekly WASH Graph presents an infographic and a graph, the combination of which reflects what we think should be the core content of WASH...

Making the invisible visible : monitoring the costs and finance needed for sustainable WASH...

2015
Financial monitoring will be useful only if...

UN-Water GLAAS TrackFin Initiative : tracking financing to sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water...

2017
This guidance document sets out a methodology to...
"Costeo de los servicios de agua y saneamiento" Workshop

Moving “en derechura” with the costing of water and sanitation services in Honduras

"You are doing well—keep on going 'en derechura'", said a community member of about 70 years old, when we wanted to confirm if we were on the right...
Taller "Costeo de los servicios de agua y saneamiento"

“En derechura” al costeo de los servicios de agua y saneamiento

"Van bien, sigan en derechura" nos dijo un comunitario de unos 70 años, cuando queríamos confirmar que íbamos por el camino correcto hacia el...
WASHCost course

Costing Sustainable Services online course 2018 open for registration

Join for free! Courses start Thursday 1st of March, Friday 1st of June and Monday 1st of October.
Water tower and drums in Tamale

WASH Talk podcast on asset management

Asset management is critical for all WASH systems as 30% of the infrastructure is often not working.

District WASH Budget tracking in Uganda

2017
Presentation on budget tracking in Uganda given...

Value for money study in Global Sanitation Fund programmes : synthesis report

2016
This report assesses sanitation and hygiene...

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costs and finance over time

Weekly WASH graph: visualising WASH investment plans in Rwanda

Published on: 24/07/2018
This week's Weekly WASH Graph presents an infographic and a graph, the combination of which reflects what we think should be the core content of WASH investment plans.

Making the invisible visible : monitoring the costs and finance needed for sustainable WASH service delivery

Financial monitoring will be useful only if governments lead in setting the service-level standards they want to deliver to citizens.
Biblio info

"Costeo de los servicios de agua y saneamiento" Workshop

Moving “en derechura” with the costing of water and sanitation services in Honduras

Published on: 16/04/2018
"You are doing well—keep on going 'en derechura'", said a community member of about 70 years old, when we wanted to confirm if we were on the right track with the municipality of Candelaria. I had never heard of the expression "en derechura" before, but it quite accurately expresses what is...

Taller "Costeo de los servicios de agua y saneamiento"

“En derechura” al costeo de los servicios de agua y saneamiento

Published on: 03/04/2018
"Van bien, sigan en derechura" nos dijo un comunitario de unos 70 años, cuando queríamos confirmar que íbamos por el camino correcto hacia el municipio de Candelaria. La expresión "en derechura" nunca antes la había escuchado, sin embargo, expresa muy bien lo que está sucediendo con el costeo de...

WASHCost course

Costing Sustainable Services online course 2018 open for registration

Published on: 16/01/2018
Join for free! Courses start Thursday 1st of March, Friday 1st of June and Monday 1st of October.

Water tower and drums in Tamale

WASH Talk podcast on asset management

Published on: 15/06/2017
Asset management is critical for all WASH systems as 30% of the infrastructure is often not working.

District WASH Budget tracking in Uganda

Presentation on budget tracking in Uganda given during the Regional Water Integrity Forum.
Biblio info

Colourful house in Uttarakhand

Quick Guide to IRC in India

Published on: 21/06/2016
The Indian government has a target to make India ‘Open Defecation Free’ by 2019. All stakeholders are increasing their efforts to meet this target, which will have an impact on more than half the population.

Checking a household latrine in Bangladesh

Become effective, efficient, and then scale up

Published on: 08/03/2016
New report reveals how BRAC, an innovative NGO in Bangladesh, provided sanitation to 39 million people.

Revisando estado del tanque

Cobertura total, financiamiento para siempre

Published on: 03/03/2016
El Municipio de Chinda alcanzó la cobertura total en los servicios de agua. Sin embargo, el municipio tiene que invertir hasta 11.8 US$/persona en agua cada año para siempre. La buena noticia es que este monto es asequible para el municipio y le permitirá mantener la cobertura total, para siempre...

Session leaders at the side event of SACOSAN VI

Data for decision making, costs and services of WASH in schools

Published on: 26/01/2016
During SACOSAN VI Splash, BRAC WASH and IRC hosted a side event on data for decision making using schools as an entry point.

Mohamuni Anglo Pali High School, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo: Petra Brussee/IRC

IRC at the 6th South Asian Conference on Sanitation

Published on: 08/01/2016
Join us at SACOSAN-VI to talk about sharing data for decision making on WASH in Schools

¿Cuánto cuesta la inversión en agua y saneamiento rural en Honduras? : una comparación de diferentes modelos de intervención

Una comparación de diferentes modelos de intervención.
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Public finance Mozambique

Quick guide to tracking finance

Published on: 23/12/2015
Tracking finance is needed to inform policies and decision making and to target investments in water and sanitation

Monitoring the finance needed for service delivery

Quick guide to costs

Published on: 20/12/2015
Uncovering and understanding the real costs of water, sanitation and hygiene services by using the life-cycle costs approach.

Analyzing the cost of water provision in UNHCR refugee camps

How the life-cycle costing approach can be applied in refugee camp situations. Findings from a pilot study in Ethiopia and Chad.
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Hygiene promotion in Bhutan : does it work and at what cost?

Poster sharing the results of a hygiene cost effectiveness study in Bhutan.
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IRC poster at 2015 Water and Health Conference

On pilots and going to scale

Published on: 27/10/2015
From service delivery approaches to costing studies. IRC posters presented at the 2015 UNC Water and Health Conference in Chapel Hill, USA.

Retour sur quatre années de partenariat communal, régional et national au Burkina Faso

Des pistes de solutions, mais également des réflexions posées par l’équipe IRC Burkina Faso sont colligées dans le présent recueil dans le cadre de...
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Tracking district budgeting and expenditure on rural water services in Uganda : analysis report

The relatively low allocation of financial resources towards recurrent costs of rural water suppy in Uganda works against the delivery of adequate...
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Expenditure on recurrent costs like source maintenance account for only 10% of allocated funds

Trends in financing WASH services in Uganda

Published on: 29/07/2015
Financing for the water and environment sector in Uganda has shown a declining trend since 2008, leading to a reduction in funding for key aspects of water supply services.

Costing water services in refugee camps : Camp Bambasi, Ethiopia, and Camp Kounoungou, Chad

The report provides insights on the cost of providing water in emergency situations using two camps as case studies. The life-cycle costs approach...
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Metodología para la estimación del costo per cápita en MAPAS

Guía metodológica para la estimación de los costos per cápita en el marco regional del Monitoreo de los Avances de País en Agua y Saneamiento.
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Bangladesh WASH in Schools

The costs of water and sanitation in schools: Bangladesh

Published on: 22/06/2015
It costs at least US$ 10 per student to construct water and sanitation facilities in schools and another US$ 1.40 per student per year for all recurrent costs including continuous support to hygiene promotion.

Supporting community-managed water supply in Morappur, Tamil Nadu

This study investigates a pilot programme which facilitates public involvement in addressing source sustainability issues and CEC's follow-up actions...
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