WASH businesses that are attempting to enter both water and sanitation markets worldwide are frequently not what you'd call "business as usual". Many of them are social enterprises started by passionate people who put people before profit and exist primarily to meet a specific challenge. Read more...
This presentation introduces the building blocks concept and how it is used to illustrate the key actors and factors that must be targeted and... Read more...
The paper provides background on the concept of complex systems, its applicability to WASH, and some proposed approaches for practitioners to use... Read more...
This paper highlights efforts in using one-off surveys to inform WASH plans to help to kick-start recurrent monitoring and management processes in... Read more...
Early successes point towards the effectiveness of linking collaborative, flexible and adaptive capacity building with performance-based funding in... Read more...
The desk review intends to inform conversations and advise decision-makers on standard approaches for enabling groups of actors working on complex... Read more...
The paper sets out the processes followed to establish WASH Learning Alliances in Ethiopia, examines some of the associated risks and constraints,... Read more...
Using real life examples to show how Political Economy Analysis (PEA) can be used in practical ways in WASH system planning and promotion. Read more...
What seems to be missing in SDG 6 s an indicator that will assess if there are people with the knowledge and skills to spend the money sensibly and... Read more...
Lean government needs a lean private sector to deliver safe water and sanitation to everyone. Both are part of an effective public system. Read more...
De-risking investments by building capacities and subsidising interest. Report of an IRC-NWP WASH Debate. Read more...
This presentation provides a simplified definition and framework for blended finance, together with emerging themes and statistics for the water,... Read more...
New SWA portal supports practical implementation of Building Blocks and Collaborative Behaviours. Read more...
IRC Perspectives: day 3 and day 4 of the Stockholm World Water Week 2018 Read more...
An in-depth inclusive analysis on country-level accountability mechanisms towards Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on clean water and... Read more...
WaterAid has developed a set of participatory tools that help identify and overcome system barriers. Read more...
Showing the first steps of implementing IRC's Strategy Framework 2017-2030 to build resilient WASH systems to deliver Sustainable Development Goal 6... Read more...
With Propeller we continue our campaign series to raise awareness about the importance of systems building and thinking in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Read more...
IRC launches new campaign to promote systems thinking in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Read more...
Achieving political commitment to the sustainable delivery of WASH services is generally not the problem. It is making governments realise that this is much more than providing a water pump. Do you want to hold your government accountable? Have them 'Adopt an SDG'! Read more...
