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Heading for the exit
Next week, the Dutch parliament will discuss the multi-annual collaboration plans for its bilateral development cooperation with some 15 partner countries. This could be a pretty dull and technical...
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More energy into water
Tomorrow is World Water Day, with the topic of “water and energy”. I see obvious issues coming by on the water-energy nexus (which by the way is one of those development sector buzz words that I start...
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Timor Leste – a service delivery state of mind
By Harold Lockwood - Last week I was in Timor Leste supporting some of the work of WaterAid Australia and its programme in Timor Leste. As this has evolved over the last several years, and with...
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Long, expensive & messy: the realities of sector change
By Patrick Moriarty, Harold Lockwood, Vida Duti and Sarah Carriger In the last post in this series we described our approach to changing the whole system to deliver water services that people can count...
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The SWA process: is it worth all the effort?
By Erma Uytewaal - We are now in the final sprint of preparations for the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) that will be held in Washington on 11 April. “We” represent the...
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Aftermath of the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting
By Erma Uytewaal - Promising commitments, shallow discussions but a great depth of optimism for the sector Last week Friday 11 April 2014, the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting...
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Cautiously optimistic
What will it take to create WASH sectors that work? By Patrick Moriarty, Harold Lockwood, and Sarah Carriger Over the past few months in a series of posts we’ve been advocating for a change in the...
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Fifth WASH Sustainability Forum, tipping point in the sustainability debate?
Sustainability is a hot topic in the development sector at large. In the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, there have been a range of events, partnerships and websites dedicated to collectively...
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Sustainability tools for hygiene, sanitation and water
This week, the 2014 WASH Sustainability Forum brought together representatives from civil society, government, universities and the private sector eager to share ideas on how to make our investments...
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Tools for life
In the first of three blog posts, IRC CEO Patrick Moriarty addresses the next big challenge: the critical role of public finance and government leadership. This blog was originally published on...
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The elephant in the room
“The 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of true WASH service delivery is entirely within our reach,” argues CEO of IRC Patrick Moriarty in this second of three blog posts. “We’re ready. What’s to stop...
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No more fairy tales
In the third of three blog posts, CEO of IRC Patrick Moriarty explains why “government leadership” is critical to tackle inequality, poverty and to create sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene...
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The WASH Sector School of ‘Hard Knocks’– learning from experience for dealing...
By Deirdre Casella and Carmen da Silva Wells The capacity to continuously learn and adapt is critical for dealing with complex challenges and future uncertainties. In this first blog in a series about...
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Framework of service delivery indicators for assessing and monitoring rural...
The rural water and sanitation sub sector of Ghana is on a positive trajectory towards establishing an inventory of rural and small-towns water systems across the country and a continuous service...
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Changing the game
For decades the water sector has been driven by providing first time access. Now that system must provide permanent water services and it can’t, without a fundamental change. Triple-S has worked over...
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Managing improved water sources at scale
Maintenance of handpumps in Burkina Faso is a matter of scale, says IRC’s Christelle Pezon. IRC, Eau-Vive, and Burkina Faso’s General Directorate of Water Resources are working together to improve...
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Sustaining rural water supply using the principles of collective Impact
Collective impact is the commitment of a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a complex social problem. Samantha King describes in a blog post how IRC and its partners...
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Taxes, the missing piece of the puzzle
Public finance – money derived from taxation- is an essential part of the puzzle of how to finance the Sustainable Development Goal for water and cover the life-cycle costs of service delivery. On...
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Questioning water quality
One of the main conditions for providing potable water services is that the service provider must be able to guarantee that the water is safe for consumption. But what happens when you live in an area...
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No crystal ball, but insights on how rural water systems change
It’s hard to predict what impact investments and innovations in the water sector will have on citizens’ access to services. Understanding underlying mechanisms and potential bottlenecks of change can...
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