water services

Published on: 20/04/2021

Keynote for World Health Organization presented at the Twelfth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health | UNECE. Read more...

How women gain power by investing in water

Published on: 05/03/2021

On International Women's Day , research from Water.org shows how empowerment flows from financing improved water and sanitation access. Read more...

Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Gaya, Bihar : discussion paper

Published on: 01/09/2020

An analysis of government interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve... Read more...

Snapshot from 2025: India

Published on: 21/07/2026

Helping local governments make the most of public finance Read more...

When water budgets don't reach the taps: Lessons from Malawi and India on water and sanitation public expenditure

Published on: 08/06/2026

The gap between allocation and spending. Read more...

Beyond de-risking: building the concept of financial credibility

Published on: 04/08/2025

A tenth blog, a bigger question Read more...

Experiences with transformation of water service delivery - The case of Colombia

Published on: 28/07/2025

This document presents the developments in the water sector of Colombia over the past decades. Read more...

What does de-risking mean for the water sector?

Published on: 22/07/2025

No financial de-risking without policy de-risking, both are essential for making the water sector viable for investment. However, de-risking always comes at a cost to someone — often taxpayers or philanthropic donors. Read more...

Effective advocacy for boosting public water and sanitation budgets

Published on: 08/04/2025

Recently, as One For All alliance, we have been reflecting on effective advocacy and activities that can increase national and local public budgets for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Its a key part of our strategy to influence these. We explored the most successful strategies and how they... Read more...

Webinar: Water drives resilient countries - 10 November 2020

Published on: 02/11/2020

This event will be a call for action for all Public Development Banks to work together towards a Water Finance Coalition in order to develop financing for water and sanitation and to foster cooperation among them. Read more...

Water and sanitation budget tracking in rural India

Published on: 04/09/2020

Learn more from four new publications on public finance for community and institutional WASH services. Read more...

Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Nuapada, Odisha : discussion paper

Published on: 31/08/2020

An analysis of government or private interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve... Read more...

Strengthening the role of rural local bodies in WASH financing and services : policy learnings from a multi-stakeholder workshop

Published on: 18/10/2019

The brief captures the experiences, challenges and recommendations of civil society organisations (CSOs) and local government representatives. Read more...

Finance assessment of the WASH sector in Uganda

Stay tuned – IRC’s podcast WASH Talk is about to be launched

Published on: 30/01/2017

20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk. Read more...

« La pérennité des services » : le nouveau graal du secteur de l’eau

Published on: 09/10/2014

L'énergie positive est palpable dans la salle comble où se tient la séance sur l'innovation pour la pérennité des services d'eau et d'assainissement, organisée dans le cadre de la Semaine mondiale de l'eau à Stockholm. Read more...

Optimisme prudent de rigueur

Published on: 27/05/2014

Que doivent faire les gouvernements et leurs partenaires de développement pour assurer que le secteur de l'AEPHA soit plus performant ? Lisez le dernier billet de la série de quatre contributions publiées sur ce blog et participez au débat sur « des services d'eau pas la charité » en laissant vos... Read more...