Skip to main content

Self-supply : filling the gaps in public water supply provision

Self-supply's contribution to urban and rural water provision world-wide, and the gains of government support.
Biblio info

African women with water buckets on their heads. Photo: Simavi

Dutch consortium awarded €59 million grant in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Published on: 06/07/2017
IRC leads the cross-country learning and knowledge component.

African women fetching water

Nederlands Consortium krijgt €59 miljoen toegekend voor behalen Duurzame Ontwikkelingsdoelen in 7 landen

Published on: 06/07/2017
IRC leidt de kenniscomponent en het leren tussen landen.

GLAAS workshop 2016

Enabling policy- and decision-makers to make informed decisions for (drinking) water, sanitation and hygiene

Published on: 02/11/2016
Inspiring workshop on the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2016/7 surveys and network building between Southern African countries.

Women's group meeting

Essential role of women in Community-led Total Sanitation

Published on: 07/08/2014
One of the objectives of the Pan-Africa programme is the empowerment of communities through the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) process in eight African countries. Four years into the process and the stories and documents emerging from the countries show that particularly women are playing an...

Natural leaders in Malawi

Countries meet challenges of Pan-Africa programme

Published on: 13/08/2013
Lessons learnt from the Pan-Africa programme have prompted several countries to turn the sanitation challenges into opportunities for progress.

malawi

Creative measures towards improving sanitation programmes in eight African countries

Published on: 09/08/2013
Eight African countries are creatively achieving the goals of community led total sanitation programmes (CLTS) including one idea in Malawi where handwashing is monitored according to the health of tree seedlings planted beneath water outlets.

Winning the race : sanitation in rapidly-growing towns : background paper for a learning and sharing session in Lusaka, Zambia on 10 and 11 November...

Biblio info

Winning the race: Sanitation in rapidly-growing towns

Published on: 15/09/2011
This is a call for participants and contributors to an in-depth learning and sharing session on sanitation in rapidly-growing towns. IRC, together with UCLGA, WIN-SA and AusAid, are hosting a Learning and Sharing Workshop around this crucial topic in November 2011. The 2 day session, to be held in...

Zimbabwe and AfDB sign US$30 million agreement to improve water supply and sanitation

Published on: 16/06/2011
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Zimbabwean government have signed a US $30 million grant agreement in support of the urgent water supply and sanitation rehabilitation project (UWSSRP) in the country. The UWSSRP is financed from the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund (the Zim-Fund). The...

East Africa: Germany and Japan harmonising efforts in water and sanitation

Published on: 11/04/2011
GIZ and JICA have signed an agreement to collaborate in water and sanitation in Zambia, Uganda and Kenya. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have agreed to plan, implement and evaluate their projects...

Regulatory capture revisited : is there an anti-corruption agenda in regulation? Lessons from Colombia and Zambia : paper presented at the IRC symposium ‘ Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services' in The

This is a shorter and slightly modified version of a chapter prepared for the forthcoming book “International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption...
Biblio info

Sector reforms: lessons and challenges from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia

Published on: 19/12/2008
A paper commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, summarises critical water and sanitation sector reform implementation issues by drawing from recent experience in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It was written by a group of policy advisors of the...

Community education and participation programme, inter-regional project : report on brief appraisal phase, February 1982

Biblio info

Zambia: Mining companies accused of environmental negligence

Published on: 07/02/2008
LUSAKA, 8 January 2008 (IRIN) - Zambia's mines are coming under increasing and sustained criticism for repeatedly polluting drinking water sources in the Copperbelt mining region, the country's economic heartland. Last week the country's second largest copper producer, Mopani Copper Mine, which has...

Managing a small-scale piped water supply system as a business : part one: trainers notes

Biblio info

Review of Irish Aid involvement in the WSS sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Volume III. Annex III : report on the field visits to Irish Aid supported WSS projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Biblio info

Review of Irish Aid involvement in the WSS sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Volume II. Annexes : Irish Aid supported WSS projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Biblio info

Women, water and sanitation : practical issues of participation : a discussion paper

Biblio info

Piped Supplies for Small Communities Programme : final report

Biblio info

Pages