De-risking investments by building capacities and subsidising interest. Report of an IRC-NWP WASH Debate. Read more...
This presentation discusses the preliminary findings from a micro-finance project aimed to boost water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for... Read more...
This presentation provides a simplified definition and framework for blended finance, together with emerging themes and statistics for the water,... Read more...
Twenty-four 24 innovative business models and 47 case studies on energy, nutrients and water recovery. Read more...
Private money can only be attracted where government leads and strong systems exist. Read more...
Banker Naina Lal Kidwai is our guest in the latest WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
What is needed to make India open defecation-free by 2019? Banker and former CEO of HSBC India Naina Lal Kidwai, who is also Founding Chair of the... Read more...
In six videos, relevant topics on running a safe water business are discussed. Read more...
Lessons learned from the Safe Water Phase 2 initiative (2015-2018): a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
Developing viable business models to provide point-of-use safe water services to communities at the base of the pyramid (BoP). Read more...
Half of the sales agents in the USAID Transform WASH project in Ethiopia are women. Read more...
This note presents contract modalities introduced to improve urban water supply and sewerage services in India and Bangladesh with support from the... Read more...
Raising awareness about the socioeconomic, health and environmental context: a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
The Safe Water 2 Programme is "a place for innovation," says Hester Foppen of Aqua for All . As a partner in the ' Safe Water Phase 2' Programme , IRC spoke to her about business viability and innovation at a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in the fall of 2017. Read more...
During a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in September 2017, IRC spoke with Anisha Karn, Marketing Manager of SmartPaani, a Nepalese private water company, about business viability, social marketing and innovation in Nepal. Read more...
Interview with Pierre Gilles Duvernay from Antenna Foundation on the Safe Water Phase II programme. Read more...
Interview with Aboubacar Camara from Tinkisso-Antenna about experiences in the Safe Water Programme Phase II. Read more...
Lessons learned and a framework for understanding public-private collaboration in consumer sanitation markets. Read more...
Accessibility, affordability, and availability of technology options are crucial for the survival of safe water businesses, says Fanny Boulloud of the Swiss Antenna Foundation. As a partner in the 'Safe Water Phase 2' programme, IRC spoke to Boulloud about business viability at a stakeholder... Read more...
You may have heard of the Lord of the Rings, but in Bihar, India, that name is taking on a whole new meaning. I recently joined a field visit to this part of the world to see how cement ring businesses are changing the face of rural sanitation. Read more...