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South Ari community fetching water

Report on local systems analysis for rural water published

Published on: 27/09/2019
Understanding local systems to find solutions to poor sustainability in Ethiopia.

Costs and gaps in the financing of water services in the Ethiopian lowlands

A briefing note on financing of rural water services in lowland Ethiopia based on the use of Life Cycle Costs Analysis (LCCA) approach in Mile in...
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Sustaining rural water services in Ethiopia : a life-cycle costs analysis

This report examines the status and value of WASH infrastructure assets in Mile, Afar region and South Ari, SNNPR, the costs and sources of financing...
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Afar

Costs and gaps in the financing of water services in the Ethiopia

Published on: 25/05/2019
The government's flagship Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (CR-WASH) initiative focuses on lowland investments in 'resilient' technologies such as deep boreholes and more resilient piped water infrastructure. These seek to displace emergency humanitarian interventions in drought-...

Monitoring in Ghana

Cost effective ways to leave no-one behind

Published on: 21/05/2019
Join a 3-week RWSN e-discussion on the costs, financing and affordability of rural water supply and sanitation for the most vulnerable populations.

Monitoring in Ghana, WASHCost project

RWSN e-discussion: Cost effective ways to leave no-one behind

Published on: 21/05/2019
Examining the life-cycle cost components, financing and affordability of rural water supply and sanitation for the most vulnerable populations.

WASH Systems strengthening in Rwanda - podcast

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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.
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"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.
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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.

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