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Published on: 22/06/2018

With Propeller we continue our campaign series to raise awareness about the importance of systems building and thinking in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Read more...

Collective action for WASH systems and services

Published on: 18/04/2018

Partners launch a district-led programme in Ghana built on the vision of universal access. Read more...

Sensible universal access: what it means to achieve the WASH SDGs

Published on: 12/02/2018

Countries must now set their own realistic national targets and start monitoring them. Read more...

Can we make 2018 the year of the WASH System?

Published on: 25/01/2018

We need more and faster action to achieve and sustain the SDGs. Read more...

Finance – the unavoidable building block

Published on: 16/10/2017

It will cost an estimated US$ 114 billion to deliver WASH to everyone by 2030. As a sector we need to embrace and own this and other big numbers related to SDG 6. Read more...

Money, politics and business models: take homes from Stockholm

Published on: 18/09/2017

The SDGs bring a new sense of urgency, focus and realisation of the great challenge ahead. Read more...

Measuring what we are managing

Published on: 21/08/2017

Robust monitoring is needed to track progress towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for water. Read more...

Why was Matt Damon playing a World Banker in Washington DC?

Published on: 14/07/2017

The critical decisions facing SWA, the Sanitation and Water for All partnership. Read more...

The Whole System IS the System

Published on: 16/06/2017

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...

IRC’s new Global Strategy Framework – Long-term commitment to partner districts

Published on: 03/05/2017

Over the coming years, IRC will work to support partner districts to bring sustainable WASH services to everyone: at least one million people. Read more...

Two cheers for the SDGs

Published on: 03/03/2017

But ... to achieve Goal 6 more urgency is needed in sector reform and systems building. Read more...

Takeaways from the Water and Health Conference 2016

Published on: 13/12/2016

Increasing interest in the Agenda for Change and investments in the systems approach. Read more...

It is all about systems

Published on: 29/08/2016

Providing water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever for everyone, is all about systems. Read more...

Evidence-based policy in practice

Published on: 11/03/2016

Creating the capacity to adapt and innovate within national water, sanitation and hygiene sectors Read more...

2016 ... the year of the Global Goals

Published on: 16/12/2015

IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty wishing you a wonderful 2016 Read more...

Paying the piper: 3 things donors can do to drive real change

Published on: 16/10/2015

We all know that "he who pays the piper calls the tune" - but what if the tune is the wrong one for the times? Can pipers push for new tunes? IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty thinks so. Read more...

15 years to make history, 5 years to make change

Published on: 24/09/2015

IRC's CEO explains why we're counting down five years instead of 15 - five years to get going on meaningful change Read more...

But what is it that you actually do?

Published on: 17/09/2015

At IRC we're pretty clear about our aims – about the world we want to see. Everyone, everywhere enjoying access to water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever. But how to get there? And what's our role? Read more...

Paying the piper: why the things that donors are prepared to fund in WASH need to change

Published on: 02/09/2015

IRC's Chief Executive Patrick Moriarty reflects on the highlights from the annual water conference in Stockholm. Read more...

Real movement, with more work needed: end of project evaluation of Triple-S

Published on: 03/04/2015

Triple-S's end of project evaluation shows that the project, and the approaches it has developed, have made an important contribution to a paradigm shift in rural water: globally, and in Ghana, Uganda and other countries where it worked. At the same time, more work and time are needed to... Read more...