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You cannot manage what you do not measure; but should you measure what you cannot manage?

Published on: 22/03/2018
Many countries are developing or reviewing their water sector monitoring systems to see whether they are SDG-proof. A recurring question in this is the extent to which these should use household-level data of JMP-defined access to limited, basic or safely managed water. We argue that caution should...

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Evaluating global monitoring data

Published on: 20/08/2017
Analysis enables forecasting of water access, longevity of sources and investment priorities.

Kampala WASH Symposium 2016

Smoothing out the bottleneck in service delivery systems

Published on: 28/07/2016
Joined forces at the Kampala WASH Symposium identify what stands in the way of sustainability.

Deep valley with river

What are the most significant trends in the WASH sector for 2016 – 2025?

Published on: 16/06/2016
Read IRC's vision for the coming ten years.

How can ICT initiatives be designed to improve rural water supply?

Using information and communication technologies (ICTs) can make rural water supply more efficient, but this only works well when ICT design takes...
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Non-functioning water point in Tanzania. Photo:Catarina Fonseca/IRC

Stopping corruption requires strong systems and moral conviction

Published on: 11/05/2016
The Global Water Integrity Outlook was launched in The Netherlands on 15 April 2016.

Monitoring at district level in Ethiopia

Can ICTs help citizens voice concerns over water?

Published on: 04/02/2016
In-house fault-reporting and maintenance systems work better than crowdsourcing models where users are encouraged to report faults.

water for cows, Honduras

Stagnant water increases Zika risk

Published on: 30/01/2016
Stagnant water is the ideal breeding ground for the Zika virus carrying mosquito.

A hand pump mechanic at work in Namayingo District, Uganda

Making a case for increased O&M funding in Uganda

Published on: 12/10/2015
This briefing note highlights the key issues surrounding Operation & Maintenance of water supply facilities, based on experiences from four districts in Uganda.

Domestic resource mobilization and innovative finance side event on WaSH at the third international confrence on FFD

Water and Sanitation Financing: Some thoughts from the Financing For Development Conference in Addis Ababa

Published on: 21/07/2015
The new Sustainable Development Goals require revolutionary change, as universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 is a revolutionary idea. But what brings us closer in achieving this? Bethel Terefe of IRC Ethiopia looked for answers at the third international conference on Financing For...

A child fills his jerrycan with clean water from a tap on the Mugusu Piped Water Scheme, Kabarole district

Functionality of water supply systems key to national development

Published on: 25/03/2015
A message from IRC Uganda and Ministry of Water and Environment on the occasion of World Water Day 2015

WASH security in India: can the new policy guidelines deliver? critical assessment and operationalization of 2010 guidelines

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Life-cycle costs in Ghana: case study of Oyibi multi-village water schemes

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Syrian Refugee Camp

WASH services critical for refugees worldwide

Published on: 15/07/2014
Clean water, sanitation and hygiene are of critical importance for the people living in camps, but they don't come cheap and many refugees are not going anywhere soon.

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Costing water services in humanitarian context: setting-up the ladder

Published on: 11/07/2014
In an on-going study in partnership with UNHCR, IRC is setting-up a methodology to measure the cost of providing water services to refugee population.

Introducing and scaling up sustainable water and sanitation technologies

Published on: 24/03/2014
The record of the WASHTech December 2013-webinar on the validation, introduction and scaling up of water and sanitation technologies in a country or a given local area.

Management of rural water services in Burkina Faso

Published on: 24/01/2014
Report assessing level of compliance with regulations in eight communes of the Sahel region.

Funding recurrent costs for improved rural water services

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Coût, performance et régulation des petits réseaux de distribution d’eau potable au Burkina Faso

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TAF addresses the challenge of technology in WASH (video)

Published on: 02/11/2013
This short video, produced by the WASHTech project, illustrates the challenge of technology in WASH and how the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) provides a systematic and participatory way of assessing and adopting technology innovation at scale, for services that last.

Trends in rural water supply : towards a service delivery approach

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Temples to toilets: Global Interfaith WASH Alliance launched

Published on: 01/10/2013
In 2012, when Indian Minister Jairam Ramesh remarked that “the country needs more toilets than temples”, he was stripped of his additional post as Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation. Not all religious leaders object to linking temples to toilets though. On 25 September 2013, a...

Cape Verde: new water and sanitation bodies established

Published on: 31/07/2013
The Cape Verdian government has approved the creation of two new water and sanitation bodies: the national water and sanitation council CNAS and the national water and sanitation agency ANAS. The reform of the water and sanitation sector is being supported by the US Millennium Challenge Corporation...

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Church network calls for universal access to water and sanitation

Published on: 29/07/2013
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has issued a statement calling on churches, governments and the United Nations to ensure universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene as part of the post-2015 development agenda. The Church is seen to have a vital role in advocating for the full realisation...

WASH technology in Bangladesh

Introducing the ASTRA project

Published on: 08/07/2013
The BRAC WASH II research call for low-cost water technologies was won by PRACTICA Foundation, based in The Netherlands. Their project title is ASTRA, Aiding Sustainable Water Technology Realization in Arsenic and Salinity contaminated Areas of Bangladesh.

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