Tag: water supply
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A study of the impact of decentralization on access to service delivery
Abstract: A cross-country empirical examination of the core dimensions of decentralization reform on access to health care and water supply in developing countries indicates that a multi-dimensional approach is more effective than decentralization through only one dimension. Author(s): Saavedra-Costas, Pablo A. Source(s): , vii, 128 p., ill., tabs Published: 2009 Scholarly materials and research at…
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Building responsibility for the delivery of government services (BRIDGE) : FY 2009 annual report (December 9, 2008 – September 30, 2009
Abstract: The Building Responsibility for the Delivery of Government Services (BRIDGE) project in South Sudan aims to enhance the capacity of local government to plan, manage and provide services, and to improve relationships between local governments and their constituents. Author(s): Corps, Mercy Source(s): , 57 p., ill., graphs, tabs Published: 2009 USAID Sudan. BRIDGE, Khartoum…
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Accroître les ressources financières des communes : pratiques émergentes en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
Abstract: The mobilization and management of financial resources is one of the pillars of the decentralization and sustainable provision of basic services in local communities. This book examines what progress has been made in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, and Cameroon. Author(s): Keita, Amagoin; Baltissen, Gerard; Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M. Source(s): , 95 p., ill., tabs,…
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Water rights as women’s rights? : assessing the scope for women’s empowerment through decentralised water governance in Maharashtra and Gujarat
Abstract: The implications of decentralization of water governance in Maharashtra and Gujarat, India, for environmental democracy and gender rights are examined. The question to what extent participation in community water governance has been empowering for women representatives is addressed. Author(s): Kulkarni, Seema Source(s): , [230] p., ill., graphs, maps, tabs Published: 2008 SOPPECOM [etc.], [Pune…
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Improving the provision of basic services for the poor in fragile environments : water supply, sanitation and hygiene international literature review
Abstract: This paper constitutes a literature review of the international practice and experience in supporting pro-poor service provision in fragile states, focusing on multilateral and bilateral donors’ approaches to the water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Author(s): Welle, Katharina Source(s): , 30 p., ill., tabs Published: 2008 Overseas development institute (ODI). Humanitarian policy group…
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Can the sector-wide approach strengthen local development institutions? : the case of the water sector in rural Benin
Abstract: This bulletin explores the conditions in which the sector-wide approach can strengthen local development institutions. In Benin, the Direction Générale de l’Eau has systematically incorporated into its strategy the institutional reforms geared to deconcentration and then decentralization. Author(s): Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M.; Adjinacou, Cyriaque; Langley, Philip; Leask, Lou Source(s): , Bulletin / Institut royal des…
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Water services fault lines : an assessment of South Africa’s water and sanitation provision across 15 municipalities
Abstract: The key impediments to water services delivery at the local level in South Africa were ascertained. The report, based on interviews conducted at 15 municipalities across the country, identifies nine cross-cutting ‘fault lines’, which reflect systemic obstacles to the provision of water services. Author(s): Tissington, Kate Source(s): , iv, 78 p., ill., graphs, tabs…
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Can the sector-wide approach stengthen local development institutions? : the case of the water sector in rural Benin
Abstract: In Benin, effective procedures for managing the water sector improved public finance, accelerate public procurement, and improved work oversight. It shows that sectoral approaches can strengthen the deconcentrated, local government level if this is retained as an explicit objective. Author(s): Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M.; Adjinacou, Cyriaque; Langley, Philip; Leask, Lou Source(s): , Bulletin / Royal…
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Rural drinking water and sanitation
Abstract: The status of water supply and sanitation in rural India is explored and the milestones achieved through decentralization of this sector is examined. The role of NGOs, CBOs, and panchayats in promoting water and sanitation is evaluated through case studies. Author(s): Bapat, Jyotsna Source(s): , p. 210-225, ill., graph, tabs Published: 2007 Oxford university…
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La contribution des collectivités territoriales à l’atteinte des objectifs du millénaire pour le développement : quelques expériences au Niger
Abstract: This report provides a historical background of decentralization in Niger and examines to what extent popular or community participation has been able to contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Author(s): Sène, Gaoussou; Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M. Source(s): , 65 p., ill., tabs Published: 2007 Institut royal des tropiques (KIT) [etc.], Amsterdam [etc.] (French ISBN/ISSN:…