New Publications
Sanitation financing models for the urban poor
05 Jan 12
This thematic overview paper catalogues existing financing models that can help the urban poor get access to complete sanitation services. It examines each model based on an analytical framework that comprises six criteria: applicability, simplicity, sustainability, scalability, pro-poor, and equity.
A practical guide for building a simple pit latrine
05 Jan 12
This technical do-it-yourself guide provides step-by-step instruction on building simple pit latrines. It was designed for use at the individual household level to assist families in West Africa who have already decided to build their own latrines.
Documenting change : an introduction to process documentation
27 Dec 11
In this Occasional Paper, IRC consolidates lessons learned across a range of IRC projects and describes the resultant and emerging understanding of how process documentation can promote learning and action through joint reflection and analysis. This Occasional Paper also offers tools for collecting and presenting observations that stimulate reflection, learning and sharing.
Arrangements and cost of providing support to rural water service providers
29 Nov 11
This joint WASHCost and Triple-S paper is about the costs of providing direct and indirect support to rural water service provision. It provides an overview of the features such support entails, how those features can be organised, what they cost and how they can be financed. It also provides recommendations to countries for strengthening support.
Ladders for assessing and costing water service delivery
29 Nov 11
This working paper introduces the concept of service levels, grouped as sequential rungs on a ladder, as a way of differentiating between broad and recognisable types (levels) of service.This second edition reflects the experiences of applying this methodology in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique and India (Andhra Pradesh).
Life-cycle costs approach: costing sustainable services
29 Nov 11
This WASHCost project briefing note describes the life-cycle costs approach and why it was developed. It explains the main cost components for water and sanitation in rural and peri-urban areas
Meeting the challenge of financing water and sanitation : tools and approaches
25 Nov 11
This report provides an overview of key issues related to financing the water and sanitation sector in both developed and developing countries, and presents tools and approaches developed by OECD for both policy makers and practitioners.
Managing water locally : an essential dimension of community water development
23 Nov 11
Based on experiences from three continents, this publication provides practical guidelines for water sector practitioners, policy-makers and donors on Community-Based Water Resource Management (CBWRM).
Assessing sanitation service levels
28 Oct 11
This working paper from IRC’s WASHCost project sets out a common framework to analyse and compare sanitation cost data being collected across different country contexts (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, India) with different service delivery norms and standards.
Cost-based decision support tools for water and sanitation
28 Oct 11
This paper reviews different offline and online Decision Support Tools (DSTs developed and used by international organisations in the WASH sector during the last 10 years.
