==Key documents==
• * Fonseca, C. et al., 2010a. [https://sites.google.com/a/irc.nl/irc-glossary/glossary-terms/life-cycle-costs-approach-lcca Life-cycle costs approach : glossary and cost components]. (WASHCost briefing note; no. 1). The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. • * Fonseca, C. et al., 2010b. [http://www.washcost.info/docsearch/title/176684 A multi dimensional framework for costing sustainable water and sanitation services in low-income settings]: lessons from collecting actual life cycle costs for rural and peri-urban areas of Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Andhra Pradesh. (WASHCost research report; V1.0). The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. • * IRC, 2012. [http://www.washcost.info/page/2386 Providing a basic level of water and sanitation services that last: cost benchmarks]. (WASHCost infosheet; 1.] The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
Information sheet provides an overview of the minimum benchmarks for costing sustainable basic services in developing countries. The benchmarks have been derived from the WASHCost project dataset and the best available cost data from other organisations all over the world. The benchmarks are useful for planning, assessing sustainability from a cost perspective and for monitoring value for money.
• * Koestler, L., Koestler, A.G. and Koestler, M.A., 2010. [http://www.irc.nl/media/irc_symposium_2010_pdf_s/6_koestler_koestler_et_al_the_cost_of_keeping_a_rural_water_system_running The cost of keeping a rural water system running]: cost tracking of three rural water supplies in Uganda : paper presented at the IRC symposium ‘ Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services' in The Hague, The Netherlands from 16 - 18 November 2010. The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. • * Pezon, C., 2010. [http://www.washcost.info/page/842 Decentralisation and the use of cost data in WASHCost project countries: synthesis of country reports 2009]. (WASHCost briefing note; no. 2). [online] The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre.
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