Sustainability Assessment of Rural Water Service Delivery Models : Findings of a Multi-Country Review
With 2.1 billion people – mostly in rural areas – lacking safely managed drinking water and reported low rural water supply functionality rates, the Sustainable Development Goals pose a triple challenge: to reach unserved mostly rural population gr...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/542831503687400669/Sustainability-assessment-of-rural-water-service-delivery-models-findings-of-a-multi-countryreview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27988 |
| Summary: | With 2.1 billion people – mostly in
rural areas – lacking safely managed drinking water and
reported low rural water supply functionality rates, the
Sustainable Development Goals pose a triple challenge: to
reach unserved mostly rural population groups, to raise
service levels, and to sustain existing and future services.
This assessment uses a multi-country case study approach to
identify good practices and challenges toward building
sector capacity and strengthening sustainable service
delivery models for rural areas. Recognizing the limitations
of the Demand Responsive Approach, the emergence of various
management models, the identified need for ongoing support
to rural service providers, and the critical role of
enabling institutions and policies beyond the
community-level, the added value of this assessment lies in:
i)the development of a comprehensive analytical framework
that can be used to analyze and operationalize a more
sustainable service delivery approach for rural water
supply; ii) the rich set of cases and good practices from
the 16 countries informing the global body of
"knowledge in implementation," and iii) the
formulation of recommendations and policy directions to
improve the sustainability of services depending on sector
development stage. Policy recommendations are centered
around five areas: institutional capacity, financing, asset
management, water resources management, and monitoring and
regulatory oversight. |
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