Title | Rural water supply and sanitation in Africa : global learning process on scaling up poverty reduction, Shanghai Conference, May 25-27, 2004 |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2004 |
Authors | Lane, J |
Secondary Title | Case study series / WSP |
Pagination | 20 p. : 10 boxes, photogr. |
Date Published | 2004-06-01 |
Publisher | Water and Sanitation Program - African Region |
Place Published | Nairobi, Kenya |
Keywords | access to sanitation, access to water, case studies, community management, ghana, health impact, legislation, lesotho, policies, poverty, programmes, reform, rural areas, sanitation, sdiafr, sdipol, socioeconomic impact, south africa, water supply |
Abstract | This case study describes and analyses three programmes in rural water and sanitation in Africa: the national rural water sector reform in Ghana, the national water and sanitation programme in South Africa and the national sanitation programme in Lesotho. These three programmes have achieved, or have the potential to achieve, development results at a national scale exceeding the average rates of progress for Sub-Saharan Africa. The key message from this three-country study is that strong and sustained political leadership augmented by clear legislation, devolution of authority allied to community empowerment, and carefully targeted donor support can achieve poverty reduction at a significant scale through rural water and sanitation. |
Notes | Selected bibliography: p. 20 |
Custom 1 | 824, 202.5, 302.5 |