Summary of evaluation studies in the water supply and sanitation sector. It presents the major findings, lessons, issues, and conclusions of recent studies and reports in the sector.
| Title | Improving life for the poor through water supply and sanitation |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Manila, PHAsian Deve |
| Secondary Title | Assessing development impact series / ADB |
| Volume | no. 4 |
| Pagination | 20 p. : boxes, fig., tab. |
| Date Published | 2001-01-01 |
| Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
| Place Published | Manila, Philippines |
| ISBN Number | 9715613853 |
| Keywords | environmental impact, evaluation, funding agencies, gender, institutional aspects, policies, projects, safe water supply, sanitation, sdiasi, social aspects, sustainability, uebw |
| Abstract | Summary of evaluation studies in the water supply and sanitation sector. It presents the major findings, lessons, issues, and conclusions of recent studies and reports in the sector. Issues dealt with are institutional efficiency, operations, and management, privatization, socioeconomic impacts and poverty reduction, sanitation, gender, environmental impacts, and sustainability. The two key problems, which are connected, are (i) the low prices typically charged for water, and (ii) the lack of private participation and competition in the industry. Sanitation has been given lower priority than water supply in the countries being assisted. Willingness to pay for provision of wastewater disposal facilities can be very low. It might be concluded that subsidization of investment in sanitation is to some extent inevitable for piped sewerage. ADB's new water policy stresses the need for an integrated water resource management approach, with interlinked investments in river basins. |
| Custom 1 | 822 |
