Planning is the WASH systems building block that involves budgeting and the determination of costs and financing details. Planning for WASH systems requires strategic (long-term) and annual (activities and routine costs) planning as well as project planning for infrastructure development. 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...
Join a 3-week RWSN e-discussion on the costs, financing and affordability of rural water supply and sanitation for the most vulnerable populations. Read more...
A new briefing note tracks the state budget allocations for WASH for Bihar and Odisha. Read more...
10 things IRC, Water.org and the World Bank think you need to know about the enabling environment for finance in WASH Read more...
Tracking the trends for the state budgets of Odisha and Bihar on water and sanitation. Read more...
Listen to this podcast with Catarina Fonseca of IRC on how WASH systems strengthening can help address the financing gap in the WASH sector. Read more...
Find out in this podcast with Catarina Fonseca of IRC why she refers to finance as the unavoidable building block and which two key costs are... Read more...
An account of personal reflections on the shift to a systems approach. Read more...
Though mobile money penetration is high (72%), using mobile money for water bill payments is not top of mind and would require additional awareness... Read more...
This working paper unpacks what is meant by the enabling environment for finance in WASH and presents real examples of how these bottlenecks are... Read more...
Is this about that 10euros I owe you? No. It's about the critical importance of finance as a building block within the systems approach Read more...
Using the life-cycle cost approach (LCCA) this study showed the budget gaps for the sustainability of water services. Read more...
Capital expenditure efficiency (CEE) can result in capital savings of 25 percent or more compared to traditional solutions. Read more...
The importance of capital efficiency. Read more...
De-risking investments by building capacities and subsidising interest. Report of an IRC-NWP WASH Debate. Read more...
'Approaching the last mile' and 'Around the village pump', two articles in which IRC discusses the issues around attaining SDG 6. Read more...
'Aanloop tot de laatste mijl' en 'Rondom de dorpspomp', twee artikelen waarin IRC de problemen rond het bereiken van SDG6 bespreekt. Read more...
This presentation describes how a blend of public and concessional financing is being used to attract larger investments for public water supply... Read more...