The IRC Support Group to the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI) Africa Working Group (AWG) contributed to two new briefing notes to help policy and decision makers implement some of the high level declarations that call for accelerated progress to meet sanitation and water targets in Africa. Read more...
IRC has developed a training course From Water Infrastructure to Water Services That Last | Putting it into Practice about the practical application of the concepts of a service delivery approach and the life-cycle costs approach for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Read more...
This briefing note focuses on the sector wide approach (SWAp), highlighting the problems a SWAp aims to address, the benefits of a SWAp, key... Read more...
This case study looks at district-based associations of hand pump mechanics in Uganda as a supporting mechanism for improved functionality. Presented... Read more...
This is a shorter and slightly modified version of a chapter prepared for the forthcoming book “International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption... Read more...
This study examined the planning process for delivering sustainable WASH services in Ghana, particularly with respect to the existing and potential... Read more...
Inadequate sanitation costs India US$ 53.8 billion, which is equivalent to 6.4 per cent of India’s GDP in 2006, according to a new report from the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). Read more...