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Donkor-Badu, B. et al., 2012. Ziome community report: cost of water and sanitation in Ziome, Ketu South District of Volta Region of Ghana, (WASHCost Community Report) Accra, Ghana: WASHCost team, Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Donkor-2012-Ziome.pdf.

Published on: 07/06/2012

A majority of the people (83%) receive acceptable service in terms of water quantity throughout the year. However, the overall water service is sub...

Donkor-Badu, B. et al., 2012. Grushie Zongo community report : cost of water and sanitation in Grushie Zongo in East Gonja District, Ghana, (WASHCost Ghana community report) Accra, Ghana: WASHCost team, Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/20120210_grushie_zongo_community_report_0.pdf.

Published on: 07/06/2012

This community has to travel a long distance to access water. They only use formal water sources when informal ones are not available. Community...

Appiah-Effah, E. et al., 2012. Pease community report: cost of water and sanitation services in Pease, Bosomtwe District of Ashanti Region Ghana, (WASHCost Ghana community report) Accra, Ghana: WASHCost team, Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Appiah-2012-Pease.pdf.

Published on: 07/06/2012

A community with three functional formal water systems which provide water to the populace within 500 metres, one source is however, perceived to...

Nyarko, K.B. et al., 2010. Costs of delivering water service in rural areas and small towns in Ghana : paper presented at the IRC symposium ‘ Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services' in The Hague, The Netherlands from 16 - 18 Nove, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Nyarko-2010-Cost.pdf.

Published on: 24/02/2011

This study used the life-cycle costs approach (LCCA) to quantify the cost of delivering water services in rural areas and small towns in Ghana....

Nyarko, K. et al., 2010. Cost and financing of rural and small towns water services delivery in Ghana,

Published on: 27/12/2010

This note presents preliminary results from the WASHCost pilot studies in two districts of Ghana on the cost of service delivery using the Life...

Appiah-Effah, E., 2009. Life cycle cost of sustainable wash service delivery : a case study of Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma district (BAKD), Kumasi, Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Appiah-Effah-2009-Life.pdf.

Published on: 27/07/2011

The main aim of the study was to estimate the life cycle cost of sustainable water and sanitation service delivery and the quality of service...

Appiah-Effah, E. et al., 2012. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: case study of Oyibi multi-village water schemes, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 10) The Hague: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/case_study_of_oyibi_multi-village_briefing_note_10.pdf.

Published on: 12/08/2014

Water coverage in Ghana for 2008 was 62% for small towns and 56% for rural areas based on CWSA estimates in 2009. With small towns water...

Dwumfour-Asare, B. et al., 2012. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: ideal direct support costs for WASH services, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 12) The Hague: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/ideal_direct_support_costs_briefing_notes_12.pdf.

Published on: 01/12/2012

This briefing note presents WASHCost Ghana's findings on the expenditure required to fund sustainable services at decentralised levels. It provides...

Appiah-Effah, E. et al., 2022. Générer des preuves sur les modèles réussis pour atteindre des services d'eau universels et gérés en toute sécurité en milieu rural au Ghana, Accra: Government of Ghana, IRC, UNICEF. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/2022_asga_generer_des_preuves_sur_les_modeles_reussis_pour_atteindre_des_services_deau_universels.pdf.

Published on: 26/10/2022

Dwumfour-Asare, B. et al., 2012. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: cost drivers of capital investment of small towns water schemes, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 11) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC . Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/cost_drivers_of_capital_investment_of_small_town_water_schemes_briefing_note_11.pdf.

Published on: 12/08/2014

Rural pipe water schemes, popularly known as small town water schemes, are associated with a wide range of capital expenditure. However there...

Dwumfour-Asare, B. et al., 2012. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: access to sanitation services, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 5) The Hague: IRC . Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/briefing_note_5_access_to_sanitation_services.pdf.

Published on: 11/08/2014

This briefing note presents WASHCost Ghana's findings on access to sanitation services in rural and small towns, based on a survey conducted...

Nyarko, K.B. et al., 2012. Life-cycle costs in Ghana : functionality of rural water systems in Ghana, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note series 6) The Hague, the Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/briefing_note_6_functionality_of_rural_water_systems_in_ghana.pdf.

Published on: 01/08/2012

Rural water coverage has been increasing steadily but there are concerns with high levels of non-functional water point systems fitted with hand...

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2012. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: uses and sources of water in rural areas, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 8) The Hague: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/briefing_note_8_uses_and_sources_of_water_in_rural_areas.pdf.

Published on: 12/08/2014

Experience from Ghana and many other countries around the world shows that rural people’s need for water is not only limited to domestic use. Water...

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2011. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: access to water services in rural areas and small towns, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 4) The Hague: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Moriarty-2011-life-cycle%28BN4%29.pdf.

Published on: 31/05/2012

This briefing note presents WASHCost Ghana findings on water services accessed by users in small towns and rural communities in Ghana, comparing...

Nyarko, K.B. et al., 2011. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: costs of rural and small town sanitation services, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 3) The Hague: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Nyarko-2011-Life-cycle%28BN3%29.pdf.

Published on: 31/05/2012

This briefing note presents WASHCost Ghana's findings on household sanitation technologies in rural areas and the costs of delivering sustainable...

Nyarko, K.B. et al., 2011. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: post-construction costs of water point-systems, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 2) The Hague: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Nyarko-2011-Life-cycle%28BN2%29.pdf.

Published on: 31/05/2012

This briefing note presents WASHCost Ghana research findings on the recurrent and post-construction costs of providing rural water services, with a...

Moriarty, P.B. et al., 2011. Life-cycle costs in Ghana: background and methodology, (WASHCost Ghana briefing note 1) The Hague: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Moriarty-2011-Life-cycle.pdf.

Published on: 29/05/2012

Adank, M. et al., 2013. The status of rural water services in Ghana : a synthesis of findings from 3 districts (Akatsi, Sunyani West and East Gonja Districts), (Triple-S – Working Paper) The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/thestatusofruralwatersupplyservicesinghana_final_april2013_0.pdf.

Published on: 30/05/2013

This report presents a synthesis of the results of a baseline assessment of the status of service levels, service providers and support functions...

Donkor-Badu, B. et al., 2012. Adamupe community report: cost of water and sanitation services in Adamupe, East Gonja District in Northern Region of Ghana, (WASHCost Ghana community report) Accra, Ghana: WASHCost team, Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Donkor-2012-Adamupe.pdf.

Published on: 07/06/2012

The Adamupe community has 100% water coverage, based on facility providers’ approach of number of facilities provided per user population. However,...

Donkor-Badu, B. et al., 2012. Akporkploe community report: cost of water and sanitation services in Akporkploe in the Ketu South district, (WASHCost Ghana community report) Accra and Kumasi: WASHCost Ghana . Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Donkor-2012-Akporkploe.pdf.

Published on: 04/06/2012

WASHCost is undertaking action research focusing on quantifying the cost of providing sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH) in...

Appiah-Effah, E. et al., 2009. Quantifying the cost of community water supply services : case of Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma District (BAKD), Ghana, Delft, The Netherlands: IRC. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Appiah-Effah-2009-Quantifying.doc.

Published on: 28/04/2011

Accessibility to good and adequate water on sustainable basis is a fundamental need and right of the individual for survival. In Ghana, focus of...