The Intricacies of Attracting and Sustaining Investment in WASH in Fragile States : Lessons from Liberia
The choice made early in the post-conflict transition by the international community to directly fund WASH service delivery through non-state actors rather than through the Liberian government undermined both sector policy dialogue and the formatio...
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okr-10986-247872021-04-23T14:04:27Z The Intricacies of Attracting and Sustaining Investment in WASH in Fragile States : Lessons from Liberia de Waal, Dominick Hirn, Max hygiene water and sanitation The choice made early in the post-conflict transition by the international community to directly fund WASH service delivery through non-state actors rather than through the Liberian government undermined both sector policy dialogue and the formation of robust government institutions able to lead and orchestrate service delivery by non-state actors. This paper aims to inform this new wave of support to Liberia’s WASH sector by looking back at service provision in the country over the period 2003 to 2015 and reflecting on the transition from the post-war emergency response to the nascent development response. The paper first describes key trade-offs encountered by the international community in this transition, describing choices made in Liberia that held back government capacity to orchestrate a national response to service delivery. It then goes on to describe how WSP and other development partners have, since 2011, worked with the government of Liberia to build and attract investment to a country-led WASH development program. The paper presents lessons for sector practitioners operating in post-crisis transition situations, both those in developing country governments and their development partners. 2016-08-03T21:28:25Z 2016-08-03T21:28:25Z 2015-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26548002/intricacies-attracting-sustaining-investment-wash-fragile-states-lessons-liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24787 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Nairobi, Kenya Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Liberia |
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The choice made early in the
post-conflict transition by the international community to
directly fund WASH service delivery through non-state actors
rather than through the Liberian government undermined both
sector policy dialogue and the formation of robust
government institutions able to lead and orchestrate service
delivery by non-state actors. This paper aims to inform this
new wave of support to Liberia’s WASH sector by looking back
at service provision in the country over the period 2003 to
2015 and reflecting on the transition from the post-war
emergency response to the nascent development response. The
paper first describes key trade-offs encountered by the
international community in this transition, describing
choices made in Liberia that held back government capacity
to orchestrate a national response to service delivery. It
then goes on to describe how WSP and other development
partners have, since 2011, worked with the government of
Liberia to build and attract investment to a country-led
WASH development program. The paper presents lessons for
sector practitioners operating in post-crisis transition
situations, both those in developing country governments and
their development partners. |
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Working Paper |
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de Waal, Dominick Hirn, Max |
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de Waal, Dominick Hirn, Max |
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de Waal, Dominick |
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The Intricacies of Attracting and Sustaining Investment in WASH in Fragile States : Lessons from Liberia |
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The Intricacies of Attracting and Sustaining Investment in WASH in Fragile States : Lessons from Liberia |
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The Intricacies of Attracting and Sustaining Investment in WASH in Fragile States : Lessons from Liberia |
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The Intricacies of Attracting and Sustaining Investment in WASH in Fragile States : Lessons from Liberia |
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The Intricacies of Attracting and Sustaining Investment in WASH in Fragile States : Lessons from Liberia |
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intricacies of attracting and sustaining investment in wash in fragile states : lessons from liberia |
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World Bank, Nairobi, Kenya |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26548002/intricacies-attracting-sustaining-investment-wash-fragile-states-lessons-liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24787 |
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