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Published on: 18/03/2020

This policy brief sets out key concepts, principles and practical implications for the citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) approach. Read more...

Achieving state-side open defecation free status in Nigeria

Published on: 15/07/2024

Promoting safely managed sanitation, market-based sanitation and public-private partnerships (PPPs). Read more...

Learnings from the WASH SDG WAI sub-programme in Bangladesh

Published on: 27/05/2024

This note describes the approach followed to assist Local Government Institutions (LGI) of Bangladesh in improving service levels for people living... Read more...

Les défis du renforcement des services d'assainissement

Published on: 26/06/2023

Dans ce podcast, Richard Bassono parle des éléments essentiels du renforcement des systèmes d'assainissement. Read more...

All Systems Connect : WASH Learning Theme 2 - Markets and behaviour change : how people invest and driving to scale

Published on: 16/05/2023

Presentations from the WASH Learning Theme 2 - "Markets and behaviour change : how people invest and driving to scale" session of the All Systems... Read more...

All Systems Connect : WASH Learning theme 1 - Delivering Safe WASH Services

Published on: 11/05/2023

Presentations from the WASH Learning theme 1 - Delivering Safe WASH Services session of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...

Action for climate change mitigation must support the human right to safe water and sanitation

Published on: 20/03/2023

WASH interventions can help reduce carbon emissions, especially by limiting methane gas emissions from sanitation. Systematic assessment of... Read more...

Systems reboot : sanitation sector change in Maputo and Lusaka

Published on: 19/11/2019

Using systems thinking principles, this report explores how on-site sanitation services can be improved in Lusaka, Zambia, and Maputo, Mozambique. Read more...

Scaling market based sanitation : desk review on market-based rural sanitation development programs

Full chain sanitation services in small and medium towns

Published on: 25/04/2019

Behaviour change is not sufficient in itself to improve health and livelihoods, nor is construction, improving accountability, training, capacity... Read more...

Commune de Bérégadougou : plan stratégique communal des services publics d'eau potable et d'assainissment 2018 - 2030

Published on: 06/11/2018

Ce plan permettra de rallier l'ensemble des forces vives de la commune, mais aussi le gouvernement national et les partenaires extérieurs de manière... Read more...

Assessing the sanitation situation in a resettlement colony in Delhi : using IRC's Faecal Waste Flow Calculator in India

Published on: 28/08/2018

While household toilets are necessary, they alone are not sufficient for improved sanitation. Read more...

Septage management in urban India : providing conceptual clarity

Published on: 21/02/2018

Since not everyone can be served by sewerage systems in the near future, septage management is one of available options to achieve sanitation for all... Read more...

Universal access to drinking water and sanitation for all in the Cascades region

Published on: 15/08/2017

Local authorities are committed to developing strategic WASH plans for the 2030 horizon Read more...

Towards sustainable sanitation management : establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines

Published on: 23/03/2017

Spreading the cost of faecal waste removal over a series of monthly payments could make it more affordable for poor households and help kick start... Read more...

WASH III Report on QIS data analysis: Findings from the first round 2014

WASH II Report on QIS data analysis: Findings from the first round 2012-2013

Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016 : enabling rural sanitation : understanding the business perspective

Published on: 27/10/2016

Business models and breakthrough approaches to solve India's rural sanitation challenges. Read more...

Sanitation and hygiene-specific risk factors for moderate-to-severe diarrhea in young children in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, 2007-2011 : case-control study

Published on: 06/05/2016

Sharing a sanitation facility with just one to two other households can increase the risk of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in young children,... Read more...

User perceptions of and willingness to pay for household container-based sanitation services : experience from Cap Haitien, Haiti

Published on: 16/04/2016

In the context of urban Haiti, household container-based sanitation services (CBS) systems have the potential to satisfy many residents' desire for... Read more...

Richard Bassono

Citywide inclusive sanitation : a public service approach for reaching the urban sanitation SDGs