Everything for the privileged and nothing for the disadvantaged! Read more...
A review of rural water service delivery and water quality. Read more...
The NGO Water for Good believes it is possible to strengthen systems in fragile states by having a long-term in-country presence, plugging short-term... Read more...
An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches. Read more...
IRC collaborated with partners to develop a new approach to assess WASH risks in marginal populations in Ethiopia. Read more...
This report summarises the strengths of the decentralised local systems that deliver services in two locations in Ethiopia, describing key actors,... Read more...
The era of eyes on, hands off are gone! Responsibility for rural water and sanitation shifts from local government to new national agency. Read more...
Approximately one in four handpumps in sub-Saharan Africa are non-functional at any point in time, which in 2015 was roughly equivalent to 175,000... Read more...
Emerging trends and practical recommendations for organisations interested in growing or starting a maintenance service provision (MSP) model for... Read more...
Sustainability of water supply services remains an uphill challenge. Which factors factors undermine the effectiveness of Operation and Maintenance (O&M)? Read more...
IRC Burkina a initié une plateforme d'échange d'expériences et de capitalisation dans les communes exemplaires du Passoré. Read more...
Baseline assessment report on rural water service levels in Mile, Afar and South Ari, SNNPR. Read more...
Information on existing water schemes, including functionality and other critical WASH indicators, for the planning, coordination and outcomes of... Read more...
The government's flagship Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (CR-WASH) initiative focuses on lowland investments in 'resilient' technologies such as deep boreholes and more resilient piped water infrastructure. These seek to displace emergency humanitarian interventions in drought-... Read more...
An overview of policies, strategies and challenges facing the rural drinking water sector from a government perspective. Read more...
The community-based management (CBM) model has often been called into question as an effective means of service provision. Read more...
This review is the first comprehensive evaluation of the External support programs (ESP) literature. It derives a definition of external support... Read more...
This paper proposes a framework of elements that need to be in place for continued handpump functioning, and then turns this into a diagnostic device... Read more...
Perceived poor performance of hand pumped boreholes has been a persistent problem in Africa Read more...