Conventional budgeting practice in providing water and sanitation services is often focused on the hardware/ technology options. "Knowledge about costs is mostly limited to capital investment or capital expenditure" (p.8). In this briefing note, the author outlines the preliminary findings of WASHCost in its research focus countries, and brings to the fore the need for WASHCost research to strengthen its analysis of institutional reforms and decentralisation processes to arrive at context-relevant recommendations for development.
| Title | Decentralisation and the use of cost data in WASHCost project countries: synthesis of country reports 2009 |
| Publication Type | Progress Report |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Pezon, C. |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pagination | 8 p. : 1 tab. |
| Date Published | 06/2010 |
| Publisher | IRC |
| Place Published | The Hague |
| Type | WASHCost global briefing note |
| Publication Language | English |
| Keywords | burkina faso, cost benefit analysis, costs, decentralization, ghana, india andhra pradesh, institutional aspects, mozambique, reform, sanitation services, sdiman, WASHCost, water supply services |
| Abstract | Conventional budgeting practice in providing water and sanitation services is often focused on the hardware/ technology options. "Knowledge about costs is mostly limited to capital investment or capital expenditure" (p.8). In this briefing note, the author outlines the preliminary findings of WASHCost in its research focus countries, and brings to the fore the need for WASHCost research to strengthen its analysis of institutional reforms and decentralisation processes to arrive at context-relevant recommendations for development. |
| Notes | 4 ref. |
Decentralisation has been in progress for many years in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique and the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh but the process of devolving and de-concentrating powers to local bodies is slow and incomplete. Bodies responsible for water and sanitation at regional, provincial and district/ mandal levels need strengthening.
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