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TitleRural water supply and sanitation in Africa : global learning process on scaling up poverty reduction, Shanghai Conference, May 25-27, 2004
Publication TypeMiscellaneous
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsLane, J
Secondary TitleCase study series / WSP
Pagination20 p. : 10 boxes, photogr.
Date Published2004-06-01
PublisherWater and Sanitation Program - African Region
Place PublishedNairobi, Kenya
Keywordsaccess 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.

NotesSelected bibliography: p. 20
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