All publications by publication date
All available official IRC publications listed by date of publication.
Beyond Domestic: Case studies on poverty and productive uses of water at the household level
20 Nov 03
Is something missing from your work in water supply? Do individuals and communities that you work with use their water supplies for multiple purposes? Are you challenged by how to help the poor gain access to water (beyond 'traditional' domestic or field-scale irrigation needs) for activities that generate food and income like fruit and vegetable production, keeping livestock, brick-making and building, and a wide range of informal micro-enterprises? Do you search for ways to improve cost-recovery?
Read more or download TP41_BeyondDomestic.pdf (2.7 MB)
Saneamiento Escolar y Educación en Higiene
23 Sep 03
Este TOP se enfoca en saneamiento escolar y educación en higiene en el ámbito escolar. Puede se importante tanto para los profesionales como para los académicos que trabajan directa o indirectamente con Saneamiento Escolar y Educación en Higiene (SEEH) .
Read more or download SSHE_Sp.pdf (357.7 kB)
The productive use of domestic water supplies
08 Sep 03
This paper focuses on the application of livelihoods concepts to productive water uses at the household level. A similar approach is applicable in many other areas of water supply. We hope this paper will encourage readers to consider these wider possibilities.
Read more or download livelihood.pdf (302.1 kB)
School Sanitation and Hygiene Education
08 Sep 03
This TOP focuses on sanitation and hygiene education at the school level. It may be of relevance to practitioners and to academics who are working directly or indirectly on School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE).
HIV/AIDS and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
04 Sep 03
AIDS is not a water-related disease. HIV is not spread via contaminated water or poor hygiene. So why do we need a Thematic Overview Paper (TOP) on the influence of HIV/AIDS on the water, sanitation and hygiene (WSH) sector?
Read more or download TOP2HIV_AIDS05.pdf (377.3 kB)
Advocacy for Water, Environmental Sanitation and Hygiene
04 Sep 03
In this TOP we focus on the issue: water, sanitation and hygiene for all. The audience consists of policy makers, practitioners, educators, trainers and researchers in the fields of water, sanitation, hygieneand health, but also those involved in broader programmes for the alleviation of rural or urban poverty.
Read more or download advocacy.pdf (299.1 kB)
Sanitation Policies
03 Sep 03
The absence of supportive policies to provide the basis for planning and implementing sanitation programmes is a missing link to improving coverage at a large scale. This TOP focuses on policies designed and implemented to effectively close this gap.
Read more or download sanpolicy.pdf (111.2 kB)
Water Stories
01 Jan 03
Misheck Kirimi from Kenya travelled miles to fetch clean water, until his donkey refused to cross a river to deliver it. Mary Cahill Kurpiewski, an 11-year old entrepreneur from the USA, learned her lesson selling not-so-holy water to unsuspecting churchgoers. You'll find their stories and many more in Water Stories.
The Productive Use of Domestic Water Supplies: How water supplies can play a wider role in livelihood improvement and poverty reduction
01 Jan 03
This document looks at the broader range of uses which people allocate to their water supplies. It looks in particular at productive activities and micro-enterprises within households in villages, towns and cities in developing countries.
Water Privatisation Revisited: Panacea or pancake?
01 Jan 03
In Water Privatisation Revisited the authors set out to demonstrate that, far from increasing competition in the operation and management of water and sewerage services, privatisation actually reduces it.
Read more or download op_priv.pdf (960.4 kB)
