How long is sustainable? 5 years? 20 years? 100 years? From here to eternity? Read more...
Small-scale private providers increase water supply coverage and reduce time spent on fetching water, often providing a vital service, particularly for low-income households in sub-Saharan Africa. However, in the absence of a coherent policy framework with effective tariff enforcement and water... Read more...
More scientific evidence is needed on impacts of WASH in schools action on the ground in the developing world. This is becoming clear from the online WASH in Schools debate that UNICEF and IRC are running until the end of May 2011. Read more...
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched its Facebook page in January 2011 and an integrated SMS service in March 2011 to enable public monitoring of garbage collection sites and public urinals/toilets in areas under its jurisdiction. In the first month of operation 99 per cent of the... Read more...
Le service Source des nouvelles sur l’eau et l’assainissement est rendu en trois langages ( anglais , français et espagnol ) par le centre international sur l’eau et l’assainissement (IRC), en collaboration avec des partenaires locaux. Read more...
I hope I'm not bothering you, but I wanted to tell you that I have been using your Water for kids page ( http://www.irc.nl/page/30389 ) for my students at school, I hope that's OK! I am a student teacher working on my lesson plans and your page definitely has some great stuff I could use! Read more...
A new United Nations resolution aims to boost efforts to attain the sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target. Otherwise the world will miss the MDG sanitation target by almost 1 billion people. Read more...
Development aid should refocus on strengthening national institutions and improving governance in ways that promote citizen security, provide justice and create jobs, particularly in fragile states, the World Bank’s latest World Development Report (WDR) suggests. Some 1.5 billion people live in... Read more...
By 2050, more than 1 billion city dwellers may face water shortages if no new infrastructure is built or no new water conservation efforts are undertaken, according to a new study [1]. More than 3 billion may suffer similar water shortages at least one month of every year, says the study. The... Read more...