"It's high time Dutch development minister Ploumen lobbies hard for Water and Sanitation" Read more...
Sector approaches to combating corruption have gained momentum in recent years, with increased awareness that generic anti-corruption initiatives are... Read more...
One of the main conditions for providing potable water services is that the service provider must be able to guarantee that the water is safe for consumption. But what happens when you live in an area where such services are not within reach? Can you be sure that the water that is available is safe... Read more...
Honduras, just like other Central American countries has adopted SIASAR (the Rural Water and Sanitation Information System) to monitor water and sanitation services in rural areas. IRC supports the development and roll-out of SIASAR in different ways. Read more...
Ce rapport présente les résultats d'une analyse de l'efficacité de l'aide publique au développement au Burkina Faso de 2007 à 2013. Les données... Read more...
'Collective impact is the commitment of a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a complex social problem'. Read more...
This policy brief evaluates the potential of hand pump mechanics associations to improve water facility functionality rates in rural Uganda. Read more...
This policy brief offers recommendations based on piloting of indicators to monitor water service delivery and performance in rural Uganda. Read more...
This policy briefing presents findings from an assessment of the predominant community management model for rural water services in Uganda. Read more...
This policy brief highlights lessons emerging from use of Sub-county Boards in Uganda to strengthen O&M for rural water supply facilities. Read more...
This policy brief presents findings from piloting of M4W, an initiative to enable users to report water facility faults by SMS, in Uganda. Read more...
Your organisation is doing post-implementation monitoring of water systems and detects a serious problem. What to do? This guidance document, published by Improve International, helps in the resolution of those problems. Read more...
Public finance- money derived from taxation- is critical for achieving water, sanitation and hygiene for everyone forever. But how do we get governments to prioritise it? What should it be used for? And how can we get it flowing to local levels? WSUP, IRC and Trémolet Consulting will be exploring... Read more...
In 2013, IRC/ Triple-S Uganda conducted an assessment of the performance of the Service Delivery Model for point water sources. Findings show that there was generally a low service levels but ironically, users were satisfied. This working paper attempts to explain the reasons for that paradox. Read more...
The good and the bad of the Dutch government aid and trade approach to development in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector. Read more...
Christiaan Rebergen (Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands), Ariette Brouwer (Director of Simavi) and Hielke Wolters (Managing Director of Aquanet) share their perspective on aid and trade and its contribution to universal water, sanitation and hygiene services during the IRC Event: 'The limits of aid, the future of trade'? The Hague, The Netherlands. 17 September 2014.
Read more...Is aid and trade the answer to "Dead Aid"? Is it just tied aid in disguise? Does it make sense in the water sanitation and hygiene sector? IRC invited a group of stakeholders from the Dutch WASH sector to The Hague on 17 September 2014 to discuss all this and more. Join the discussion! Read more...