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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...
As Ethiopia manages to develop more and more new rural water schemes – springs, wells or boreholes with hand-pumps or engines, piped water – keeping the existing infrastructure running well and safely is a challenge that gets bigger every day. And, despite some encouraging efforts, it's a challenge... Read more...
The scope and potential role of financial institutions for sanitation financing and possible program interventions to support these institutions with... Read more...
Let's move beyond the conceptual chaos of 'public-private partnerships' and talk about what it really means. Read more...
Using an asset inventory tool to improve water services in South Ari woreda in Ethiopia.
Read more...This learning note summarizes a study commissioned to map examples of public-private collaboration in consumer sanitation markets from around the... Read more...
Aimed at sharing some of the latest experiences and developments in sanitation marketing, the quarterly National Sanitation Marketing Multi-stakeholders Platform meeting was held in September 2017 in collaboration with the USAID Transform WASH Project. Read more...
With many of the seasonal water sources failing due to poor rains, there has been considerable reliance on a limited number of high-yielding water schemes whose ongoing performance is critical to the drought response. Read more...
Political drivers, including SDG indicators, directly impact sanitation efforts on the ground. Read more...
Government, donors, and implementers must come together and invest in national and sub-national systems. Read more...
IRC WASH, on behalf of the USAID Transform WASH Consortium, took over providing the secretariat for the national 'Sanitation Marketing Multi-stakeholder Platform (MSP)' from the World Bank's WSP in June 2017. This is a key opportunity to support the government and the wider sector in developing... Read more...
IRC leads the cross-country learning and knowledge component. Read more...
IRC leidt de kenniscomponent en het leren tussen landen. Read more...
The challenges of small town water supply and the need for systemic change: the case of Gazer town. Read more...
This report marks the end of IRC's 2012-2016 business plan with a reflection on the successful end of programme evaluation, Read more...
Creating a favorable school environment for girls fosters their education. Raising awareness around the importance of menstrual hygiene management is important to break the taboos around menstruation and to take actions in order for girls to stay in schools.
Read more...Asking whether building hardware is better than a WASH systems approach is like asking whether building bicycle wheels is better than creating a transport network. Read more...
Half of all school girls lack information on menstrual hygiene management (MHM). Raising awareness about a basic fact of humanity is the point of World Menstrual Hygiene Management day. Read more...
A young storyteller will carry on the work to which our late colleague dedicated so much of his professional life. Read more...