Banfora shows committed political leadership
Published on: 15/10/2018
IRC-supported commune in Burkina Faso promises water and sanitation for everyone by 2030.
A model to follow for all communes in Burkina Faso
Published on: 12/10/2018
Mayor of Banfora launches his district's strategic plan to achieve SDG 6.
Contextualising success and failure at three handpumps in Uganda
Published on: 28/09/2018
Case studies of the pay-as-you-fetch (PAYF) model in Kabarole District.
Financing the sector in challenging countries
Published on: 28/09/2018
Fixing the leaks to attract commercial investment for sustainable urban water services in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
Strengthening citizen’s oversight of water, sanitation and hygiene, and integrated water resources management in rural communities of Ghana
Management of WASH systems in Rural Communities: citizens can make a change.
Survive or sink: tackling India's sanitation challenges
Published on: 13/09/2018
Banker Naina Lal Kidwai is our guest in the latest WASH Talk podcast.
An agenda for sanitation in India with Naina Lal Kidwai
What is needed to make India open defecation-free by 2019? Banker and former CEO of HSBC India Naina Lal Kidwai, who is also Founding Chair of the...
Understanding the WASH system and its building blocks : building strong WASH systems for the SDGs
This working paper is one of a series that explains IRC's emerging praxis for working with and strengthening WASH systems.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awards IRC with a grant
Published on: 14/06/2018
The Hague, 14 June 2018 – The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded US$ 7,635,000 to the end of 2021 to IRC – a leading champion of universal access to sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services. The grant funds will be used to strengthen governance systems of district-based programs and...
Leveraging nature-based solutions for cost-effective water management
Published on: 14/03/2018
World Water Day WASH Talk podcast with IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty.
Forum sur l’eau au Burkina: IRC veillera à l’application des «recommandations»
Published on: 12/02/2018
Firmin Hilaire Dongobada, expert consultant WASH, a rassuré dans un entretien accordé à Wakat Séra que IRC qui a pris une part active pour la réussite du forum national de l'eau et de l'assainissement veillera à ce que les «recommandations» issues de la rencontre qui regroupe près de 500...
Hit the road(map)
Published on: 25/01/2018
A new global guidance document on the District-Wide Approach.
District Assemblies lack leadership and ownership of water delivery interventions in Ghana
Published on: 28/12/2017
On the whole, stakeholder monitoring tends to be disjointed, with the diverse actors failing to coalesce their efforts around a common set of indicators. And there is a conspicuous lack of regulation of the rural water sector.
Agenda for change : a roadmap for universal access to sustainable WASH services at district level
This document describes how the principles and practice of the global movement, Agenda for Change (A4C), can be applied at district level, following...
Real time monitoring of boreholes enables critical services to be sustained during the drought in Somali Region
Published on: 12/09/2017
With many of the seasonal water sources failing due to poor rains, there has been considerable reliance on a limited number of high-yielding water schemes whose ongoing performance is critical to the drought response.
A race against time in Burkina Faso
Published on: 27/07/2017
Developing a collaborative strategic plan for municipal water services needs to focus on structural changes.
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) governance training programme : facilitator's guide
This facilitator's guide is one of the three components of the WASH Governance Training Programme, which aims to help capacity builders, facilitators...
SuSanA webinar on ‘How to influence and engage government for sanitation’
Published on: 08/05/2017
Panel discussion on How to Influence and Engage Government in Sanitation - 1400 GMT 17 May 2017
Costs of water and sanitation services in small towns in Ethiopia
Published on: 02/12/2016
Assessing Value for Money of WASH services in small towns. Read the main findings on the analysis of costs for providing water and sanitation services in small town in Ethiopia.
Everyone wants to know
Published on: 30/11/2016
Video 'Making monitoring count' discusses the challenges around monitoring: everyone wants to know - but who needs to know? and what do we need to know?
Once on board, the rest is up to you: community commitment's the key
Published on: 21/11/2016
World Toilet Day in Burkina Faso: access to toilets is everyone's responsibility reminds the Minister for Water and Sanitation
How can Burkina Faso and Niger achieve SDG 6?
Published on: 06/09/2016
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance.
An anxious beginning?
Published on: 05/09/2016
Can service delivery approaches help deal with the interrelated threats of climate change, water security and disease outbreak?
Talking finance at Stockholm: a long way to go for practical and useful approaches
Published on: 01/09/2016
Reflections on Finance for water, sanitation and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals