The new Sustainable Development Goals require revolutionary change, as universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 is a revolutionary idea. But what brings us closer in achieving this? Bethel Terefe of IRC Ethiopia looked for answers at the third international conference on Financing For... Read more...
Traditionally we've looked to the three Ts to finance water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, with the focus on transfers and tariffs. But this leaves a large financing gap. One which, if we don't solve, will make us miss the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of universal access. Read more...
Published biannually, the GLAAS report presents data from 94 countries and 23 external support agencies. It offers a comprehensive analysis of... Read more...
This report summarizes findings from an investigation into whether Results-Based Financing (RBF) works in WASH, in what circumstances, how, and why... Read more...
In the context of IRC's work on aid effectiveness and on official development assistance (ODA), a financial analysis of the national WASH programme implementation between 2007 and 2013 has been conducted in Burkina Faso. The following blog summarises the main findings and recommendations to better... Read more...
Dans le cadre du travail d'IRC sur l'efficacité de l'aide publique au développement (APD), une étude sur l'analyse du financement et de la mise en œuvre du programme national d'approvisionnement en eau potable et en assainissement (PN-APEA) couvrant la période 2007-2013 a été conduite au Burkina... Read more...
Il faudrait que les gouvernements, la société civile et le secteur privé agissent de concert pour rendre les services d'eau et d'assainissement accessibles à tous. Read more...
Governments, civil society and the private sector need to work together to make water and sanitation services available to everyone. IRC's event provided an opportunity to discuss how taxes can complement trade and tariffs and to learn from an innovative health insurance model in Africa. Read more...
Dans ce blog, Catarina Fonseca, responsable du programme international et d’innovations d’IRC, traite du financement des objectifs de développement pour l’après-2015. Selon elle, « une part importante des fonds pour le développement devraient provenir d’autres sources ». À savoir des finances... Read more...
In this blog, IRC's head of innovation and international programme Catarina Fonseca discusses the financing of the post-2015 development goals. "A substantial part of funding for development should be sought elsewhere," she argues. Through public finance. Or tax, as we call it. 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...
Understanding the difference between charity, venture philanthropy and impact investing is key to getting businesses and programmes funded Read more...
Après un processus de travail intensif, nous avons pu lancer, fin 2013, notre nouvelle identité institutionnelle qui traduit mieux notre rôle de think-and-do-tank, utilisant les connaissances comme catalyseur de changements au profit des populations. Read more...
3rd Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) to be held Friday 11 April 2014. Read more...
Water and sanitation sectors have been the 'natural' subjects of aid for several decades. However, these sectors also were among those most affected... Read more...
How should WASH-related targets make it into the United Nation's post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals? Read more...
Progress has been made in recent years with implementing the aid effectiveness framework. Various studies show that the volume of development... Read more...
Although aid effectiveness in the WASH sector has improved in recent years, vigorous steps are needed to counter measures that can jeopardise... Read more...