This policy paper suggests ways to overcome the problem donors have with infrastructure projects especially on a national level and thus to increase investments in safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for the poor.
| Title | Making connections : infrastructure for poverty reduction |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | GB, DFIDUnited Kin |
| Pagination | 36 p. : 16 boxes, 5 fig. |
| Date Published | 2003-01-01 |
| Publisher | United Kingdom, Department for International Development |
| Place Published | London, UK |
| ISBN Number | 1861925069 |
| Keywords | evaluation, financing, funding agencies, infrastructure, low-income communities, participatory methods, policies, poverty, private sector, sanitation, sdipol, water supply |
| Abstract | This policy paper suggests ways to overcome the problem donors have with infrastructure projects especially on a national level and thus to increase investments in safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for the poor. Joint working between governments and other providers of infrastructure services can contribute to efficiency and effectiveness when focussing on accountability, capacity building and the environment. The paper argues that infrastructure services should not only deal with the "hardware", but also with the outcomes for people. The associated institutions should give these outcomes their proper weight. It is important to ensure that assistance to national infrastructure works in synergy with local services for poor people. Donors should focus on supporting governments since they are likely to be the main investors. They could help to make links with local and international private partners, including the informal sector, and with the users. |
| Notes | 43 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 202.3, 302.3 |
