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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Getting to boiling point: turning up the heat on water & sanitation |
Author: | WaterAid, London |
Year: | 2005 |
Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
Volume: | 32 |
Issue: | 103 |
Pages: | 179-185 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Subsaharan Africa |
Subjects: | water supply sanitation |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240500121065 |
Abstract: | WaterAid works in 14 countries worldwide, amongst others, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. This London-based organization states that the water sector needs to deliver more and more quickly if the poverty reduction benefits of access to safe water and sanitation are to be secured by 2015. All countries' water sectors need to spend their money more effectively. Governments need to open up planning and monitoring processes to civil society and development partners to ensure that expenditure is proportional to need. Responsibilities for water and sanitation should only be devolved to local government where associated budgets are also devolved. Water supply systems must be self-sustaining. Where the private sector offers real advantages they may have a role. However, it is public finance that has to lead investment in the sector. Specifically in 2005 national governments and donors need to produce the plans for managing national water resources and to finance increases in access to safe water and sanitation. They must also agree coordination arrangements which avoid duplication of reporting systems and ensure efficient targeting of funds. [ASC Leiden abstract] |