Access to sanitation in Cameroon fell from 61 percent in 2000 to 58 percent in 2010. While rates of access to drinking water and improved sanitation in Cameroon are higher than average for sub-Saharan...
This overview paper tests current public spending patterns against the economic rationale for such spending, including reducing disparities in service delivery and overcoming market failures. Reducing...
The objective of this public expenditure review is to analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of budget allocations to the water, sanitation, and solid waste management sector. The review concerns from...
This review focuses on how public expenditure translates into the delivery of water supply and sanitation services in rural and urban areas in Sierra Leone. It describes the legal and institutional framework...
This public expenditure review assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of budget allocations in the water and sanitation sector in the Central African Republic. The review concerns from 2002 to 2008...
The template is a tool to assess the performance of an urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) service provide by taking into account the governance, policy, and management context it operates in. The...
This note proposes a template for assessing the governance of urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) service providers and its impact of the quality of service and performance of operations. The template...
Urban water supply services have traditionally been provided by state-owned, water utilities. In the past decades, many governments have tried to turn state-owned water utilities into effective and viable...
Urban water supply services have traditionally been provided by state-owned water utilities. In the past decades, many governments have tried to turn state-owned water utilities into effective and viable...
To find the optimal delivery model for urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) services, one must look beyond ownership structures to the practices and designs that support good performance. Consumer cooperatives...
For 150 years India has made major investments in large-scale water infrastructure, bringing water to areas that previously lacked it. The results have been spectacular, both nationally, through the production...
This review aims to help those who work in and with water utilities, as well as organized users, regulators, and policymakers to improve the quality of water services by making service providers more accountable...