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La corrélation directe entre l’accès à l’eau potable et le niveau de santé, de nutrition et autres indicateurs de développement est aujourd’hui largement reconnue. Sur cette base, le secteur conclut souvent qu’il est nécessaire d’allouer davantage d’investissements aux infrastructures (en milieu... Read more...
Uttam Majundar is a successful Jalabandu (handpump mechanic) in Digambarpur (West Bengal, India). But now he risks becoming a victim of his own success. Following a day in his life explains why. Read more...
Selon l'UNICEF, la majorité des écoles du Burkina Faso ne disposent pas de d'installations sanitaires ou d'eau potable. Ce constat est décrit comme l'un des obstacles majeurs à l'éducation des enfants. Read more...
According to UNICEF, the majority of schools in Burkina Faso don't have drinking water or sanitation facilities. This has been identified as one of the major obstacles to children's education in the country. Read more...
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 help decide how and where to invest resources, while also giving a more realistic picture of the... Read more...
700 FSM fans can't be wrong. Faecal sludge management is hot but we need to collaborate more to see the big picture. Forget pilots, think at scale! Read more...
Unlike droughts, floods and oil spills, non-functioning water and sanitation systems seldom make the headlines, even though water crises top the list of global risks. Read more...
Dans la foulée des changements sociopolitiques d'octobre 2014 au Burkina Faso, les conseils municipaux de l'ensemble des communes du pays ont été dissous. En perdant leurs partenaires clés, les ONG et associations conduisant des projets d'eau potable et d'assainissement doivent désormais trouver de... Read more...
The growth of inequality is a major threat to prosperity and stability. Government leadership and government investment is needed to provide water and sanitation services to the poor. Read more...
2015 is the year that the Millennium Development Goals make way for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An important role in both development agendas is reserved for water, sanitation and hygiene issues that leave much to be desired in many countries. OneWorld dived into the world of... Read more...
At the start of the New Year, newspaper and magazines are all busy making predictions of what the year may have in store. Personally, I always enjoy reading The Economist’s “ The World in… ”. In that magazine, predictions are made of how political events may unfold in the year to come, how the... Read more...
How does India's new large-scale sanitation monitoring effort compare with similar initiatives in Bangladesh and Indonesia? Read more...
In Bangladesh, the lack of separate latrines for girls and menstrual hygiene facilities in secondary schools are major factors in the disproportionate rate of absence and dropout of adolescent girls. Read more...
How long it will take for everyone to get access to water and sanitation? Alternative statistical methods and data harmonisation hold the answer. Read more...
Who is responsible for improving the resilience of local population in the Kenya Arid lands against natural disasters and impact of climate change? And who pays the bills for sustainable water services? This was one of the questions that came up during workshops held in Kenya in October 2014. Read more...
Participants from IRC, the BRAC WASH programme and Biosol Energy BVAs have been on a study trip to China as part of ongoing action research on the productive use of faecal sludge. This one-week study tour was supervised by the Centre for Sustainable Environmental Sanitation (CSES) at the University... Read more...
Les programmes d'assainissement se concentrent en général sur la construction d'ouvrages, au détriment d'une promotion soutenue pour leur usage. Or, cette dernière peut faire plus pour la santé que n'importe quelle construction. N'importe quelle? Et si certains ouvrages favorisaient l'adoption de... Read more...
In the context of IRC's work on aid effectiveness and on official development assistance (ODA), a financial analysis of the national WASH programme implementation between 2007 and 2013 has been conducted in Burkina Faso. The following blog summarises the main findings and recommendations to better... Read more...
Dans le cadre du travail d'IRC sur l'efficacité de l'aide publique au développement (APD), une étude sur l'analyse du financement et de la mise en œuvre du programme national d'approvisionnement en eau potable et en assainissement (PN-APEA) couvrant la période 2007-2013 a été conduite au Burkina... Read more...
Next year the Millennium Development Goals will make way for their successors: the Sustainable Development Goals. What does this mean for global development? What should the new targets include? Organisations working in water, sanitation and hygiene closely follow the making of the new agenda. Read more...