When does money get results?
Published on: 27/08/2018
This blog looks at the experience of using 'Payment-by-Results' in Tanzania's water sector, and how adaptive programming is key to bridging the gap.
Weekly WASH Graph: Mapping Projections of Universal WASH Access by 2030
Published on: 06/08/2018
What would universal access to water and sanitation look like by 2030?
A handpump is to a safe water system what a propeller is to an airline: essential but not enough
Published on: 22/06/2018
With Propeller we continue our campaign series to raise awareness about the importance of systems building and thinking in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).
What's a propeller got to do with WASH?
Published on: 22/06/2018
IRC launches new campaign to promote systems thinking in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.
Water kiosks: A model for sustainable water services? - RWSN webinar series on rural water services (April 3rd - June 5th, 2018)
Published on: 14/05/2018
Announcement from 20.03.2018 New 2018 RWSN webinar series on rural water services (April 3rd - June 5th, 2018) / Nouvelles série en français de wébinaires en 2018 sur les services d'eau en milieu rural (3 avril - 5 juin 2018) / Nueva serie de webinarios RWSN Tuesday, May 15th: Water kiosks: A model...
RWSN Webinar on social accountability
Published on: 08/05/2018
This RWSN webinar will present some preliminary findings of a global review on national accountability mechanisms for SDG6, as well as experiences shared by RWSN members during a recent e-discussion on the topic. ENG: How can we make providers and governments accountable for rural water services?...
IRC Propeller Corporate Campaign : the facts
Where does the 30% handpump failure statistic come from?
Rural utilities for water supply in Ethiopia
Published on: 19/04/2018
A new guideline seeks to professionalise the management of multi-village water supplies in Ethiopia
The capacity to deliver water services
Published on: 11/04/2018
New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana.
IRC endorses new strategy of the Rural Water Supply Network
Published on: 30/03/2018
Together with the World Bank, IRC is co-lead of RWSN's Sustainable Services theme.
Webinar : promoting harmonized monitoring for the WASH sector
A presentation and discussion on harmonised monitoring for the WASH sector, using the example of SIASAR: Rural Water and Sanitation Information...
Promoting harmonized monitoring for the WASH sector : the Rural Water and Sanitation Information System SIASAR as an example
Lessons learned on the development and use of sustainability metrics for systems, service providers, communities and technical assistance providers...
Can India afford to spend less on rural sanitation?
Published on: 21/03/2018
Budget cuts could prevent the country becoming open defecation free by 2019.
Launch of the Asutifi North District Based Full WASH Coverage Initiative
Published on: 16/03/2018
A master plan has been drawn up to guide Asutifi North District in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6.
Safe Water 2 Programme Is ‘A Space for Innovation’
Published on: 15/03/2018
The Safe Water 2 Programme is "a place for innovation," says Hester Foppen of Aqua for All . As a partner in the ' Safe Water Phase 2' Programme , IRC spoke to her about business viability and innovation at a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in the fall of 2017.
The untold story of WASH
A compilation of newspaper stories about the plight of the unserved in Uganda.
Strengthening local government capacity to deliver water services : documenting the process of transformation
A strategic partnership has broken down barriers between those who plan, provide and use services enabling them to 'walk the talk' of coordination...
Leaving no one behind: the scattered rural area of Honduras has been put on the map
Published on: 06/03/2018
The motto of the Sustainable Development Goals is "leaving no one behind". For water and sanitation this implies that all people – including those families who live in the last house on top of the mountain - must have access to water and sanitation services. Water For People and IRC in Honduras...
No dejar a nadie atrás; el área rural dispersa de Honduras puesta en el mapa
Published on: 06/03/2018
El lema de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible es "no dejar a nadie atrás". Para el objetivo de agua y saneamiento implica que todas las personas – hasta las que viven en la casa más alejada, en la cima de una montaña – deben de tener acceso a dichos servicios. El proyecto "modelos de...
The untold stories of WASH in Uganda
Published on: 05/03/2018
The WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C) partnership in Uganda embarked on an exercise to document the untold story of WASH, profiling the unserved populations and highlighting the key issues and circumstances that characterize their lack of access to WASH services.
RWSN E-Discussion on Social Accountability Mechanisms
Published on: 19/02/2018
Through the e-discussion, participants have the opportunity to share stories and experiences from the field on holding governments accountable in delivering sustainable water services. The lessons learnt and advocacy messages from this e-discussion will be compiled into an RWSN e-discussion summary...
Getting to the heart of climate resilient WASH
Published on: 15/02/2018
Climate resilient WASH is about new ways of working across the traditional humanitarian and development sectors. We went to one of the harshest spots in Ethiopia, and surely in the world, to find out more.
One workshop to cover everything we ever complained about
Published on: 13/02/2018
Key lessons to develop a Country-Led Monitoring (CLM) programme for rural water and sanitation in Liberia.