John is Director of IRCs Global Programme and a member of the senior management team. IRC's Global Programme generates and uses evidence - working through partnerships - to drive change at scale in the systems that ultimately deliver water, sanitation and hygiene services at country and local levels.
John is a Briton and European, working from Lodz in Poland where he lives with his family. He has worked for IRC since 2005 and between 2016 and 2019 he was the country director in Ethiopia. He currently represents IRC in the Sanitation and Water for All led Heads of State Initiatives, the executive committee of the Agenda for Change, the Influence team for the One For Alliance, UN-water and the board of the Millennium Water Alliance.
Sector approaches to combating corruption have gained momentum in recent years, with increased awareness that generic anti-corruption initiatives are... Read more...
Background note to the 3rd IRC event on the limits of aid and the future of trade and presentations of the Keynote presentations by DGIS, Simavi and... Read more...
This book brings together key work from the ODI-led RiPPLE programme (2006-11) and includes 3 chapters authored by IRC staff. These are on WASH... Read more...
Small-scale informal entrepreneurs can provide a valuable and financially viable urban sanitation service for consumers without a sewerage connection... Read more...
Guidelines for scenario building, with some examples of water and sanitation scenarios for the city of Accra developed in August 2007 by the SWITCH... Read more...
This paper examines the aid effectiveness agenda and reviews its implementation at international and various regional and country levels. Read more...