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Decentralised public financing for WASH in India

Published on: 13/01/2021
Report of an August 2020 webinar with representatives from national, state and local government and civil society.

Decentralised public financing for WASH : current situation and needs during and beyond the pandemic : webinar report

Perspectives from the union, state and local government, and CSOs, The main recommendations focused on the need for improved support to local...
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Civil society influence in drinking water, sanitation and water resources budgets : four pathways for change

How CSOs in Bangladesh, India, Kenya and elsewhere have collaborated to understand funding flows and key moments for budget decision-making, and...
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Webinar: Water drives resilient countries - 10 November 2020

Published on: 02/11/2020
This event will be a call for action for all Public Development Banks to work together towards a Water Finance Coalition in order to develop financing for water and sanitation and to foster cooperation among them.

School in Nuapada district, Odisha, India

Water and sanitation budget tracking in rural India

Published on: 04/09/2020
Learn more from four new publications on public finance for community and institutional WASH services.

Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Gaya, Bihar : discussion paper

An analysis of government interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve...
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Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Nuapada, Odisha : discussion paper

An analysis of government or private interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve...
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Central and State Finance Commission grants to Panchaya Raj Institutions (PRIs) : implications for financing of rural WATSAN

A call for devolution of power to local government, capacity strengthening, decentralised planning and transparency and accountability in the Indian...
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Tracking expenditure for water, sanitation and hygiene in communities and social sector institutions : consolidated brief

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...
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Helping Indian CSOs do budget tracking

Published on: 20/08/2020
Two new Watershed India working papers draw lessons from research in Bihar and Odisha.

Tracking budgets for rural WATSAN : an assessment of districts Ganjam and Nuapada in Odisha, India

How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related...
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Tracking budgets for rural WATSAN : an assessment of districts Gaya and Samastipur in Bihar, India

How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related...
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Webinar picture - mother pouring water on child's hands - Decentralised Public Financing for WASH

Decentralised Public Financing for WASH: Current Situation and Needs During and Beyond the Pandemic, 21 Aug 2020

Published on: 18/08/2020
Sharing experiences of a joint initiative supporting CSOs in India to improve their technical capacities and enhancing their involvement in tracking decentralised WASH budgets as well as improving their utilisation.

SHG Federation workers of Kanamana Gram Panchayat

Highlights from our focus countries in 2019: India

Published on: 11/08/2020
What impact did we have in our focus countries in 2019? Sharing highlights from IRC's Annual Report .

SWA webinar - consumer protection

SWA Partner Exchange Forum on balancing consumer protection and utility financial stability during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published on: 09/06/2020
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Partner Exchange Forum. This virtual forum, organised by The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will be on balancing consumer protection and utility financial stability during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will take place on Wednesday...

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Can India meet its new ambitions for sanitation and water?

Published on: 11/02/2020
An analysis of the government's 2020-21 budget shows allocations may not be enough.

CSO assessment of the utilization and performance of WASH grants in Uganda : FY 2018/19 and FY 2019/20 projections

Analysis of the performance of grants under the Uganda WASH sector reveal higher targets for the next financial year amidst reduced funding.
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Comptes nationaux du secteur eau, hygiène et assainissement

Comptes nationaux du secteur eau, hygiène et assainissement de 2013 à 2015.
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IRC International Programme strategy : 2017-2021 : building WASH systems to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals

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Loo with a view, Trawden, Lancashire, UK

Stop being a neo-liberal and embrace the sanitation system

Published on: 13/11/2019
Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source.

Strengthening the role of rural local bodies in WASH financing and services : policy learnings from a multi-stakeholder workshop

The brief captures the experiences, challenges and recommendations of civil society organisations (CSOs) and local government representatives.
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Unicef et IRC forment 35 députés et assistants parlementaires en genre et AFDH

Unicef et IRC appuient les «faiseurs de loi»

Published on: 11/10/2019
Unicef et IRC forment 35 députés et assistants parlementaires en genre et AFDH

Finance assessment of the WASH sector in Uganda

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World Water Week 2019 through the lens of IRC

Published on: 13/09/2019
Finding ways to build and finance strong WASH systems, including everyone along the way.

Finance assessment of the water sector in Ethiopia

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