IRC Uganda started the process of introducing the LCCA in the Ugandan water and sanitation sector in 2011, and has since carried out an information scan on funding in the Uganda WASH sector. Read more...
A new free and open source knowledge portal has been launched this week by Akvo and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. It is designed to help water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) teams achieve sustainable financing throughout the entire life-cycle of WASH services. The WASH Finance... Read more...
Dr. Kwabena Nyarko-WASHCost Ghana Country Director and Mrs Vida Duti - IRC Ghana Country Director talk about the need to plan for Capital Maintenance Expenditure as s prerequisite for sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery. Read more...
Anyone who works in the water sector cannot have missed the consultations and debates on the post-2015 goals for water and sanitation. Read more...
Financial sustainability is critical for achieving sustainable services. However, tracking financial flows in the WASH sector is notoriously complex and fragmented. Read more...
The Government of Uganda is seeking to borrow US$135 million to finance a Water Management and Development Project. Read more...
Eighteen senior water service professionals from Timor-Leste, Ghana, Uganda, India, Burkina Faso, Belgium, and The Netherlands gathered from 12 to 16 November 2012 in The Netherlands to participate in the training event: ‘An Introduction to the Concepts of Service Delivery: The Role of the Service... Read more...
One of the most quoted WASH statistics was recently “downgraded”. For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, not $8 but “only” $4 is returned in economic returns through increased productivity. This recalculation, says WHO, is mainly a result of higher investment cost estimates and the more... Read more...
