Author/s: Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee and Elvira Morella
Universal access to safe water and sanitation remain elusive in Africa, and the continent is unlikely to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for access to these services. Some 40 percent of the population lacks access to safe drinking water and about 60 percent lack access to safe sanitation. Meeting these challenges will require policy makers to think beyond conventional solutions to consider the role of lower cost alternatives that can potentially more affordable access to a broader population.
Author/s: Dorothée Boccanfuso, Antonio Estache, and Luc Savard
Most of the gains from Senegal’s water utility reforms accrued to the wealthy, while the poor saw no changes or suffered losses as the water network was extended. Transfer programs are needed to protect the poor from the effects of price increases..
Author/s: Sarah Keener, Manuel Luengo, Sudeshna Banerjee
Poor people in African cities rely on alternative water sources that cost more and are less reliable than piped household water. Standpipes, the first source of more than half of the unconnected urban population, are not the best option in all cases.
Author/s: Sudeshna Banerjee, Vivien Foster, Yvonne Ying, Heather Skilling, and Quentin Wodon
To create a more inclusive piped-water network and enable utilities to grow, many countries have begun to subsidize household connections and to emphasize public standposts as an alternative water source.
Author/s: Sudeshna Banerjee, Vivien Foster, Yvonne Ying, Heather Skilling, and Quentin Wodon
To create a more inclusive piped-water network and enable utilities to grow, many countries have begun to subsidize household connections and to emphasize public standposts as an alternative water source.
Author/s: Sudeshna Banerjee, Heather Skilling, Vivien Foster, Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia, Elvira Morella, and Tarik Chfadi
Sub-Saharan Africa trails other regions in access to improved water sources, imperiling public health. In urban Africa, piped water coverage has slipped, as urbanization outpaces the capacity of utilities to expand. Reforms have had mixed results.
Author/s: Sudeshna Banerjee, Heather Skilling, Vivien Foster, Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia, Elvira Morella, and Tarik Chfadi
Sub-Saharan Africa trails other regions in access to improved water sources, imperiling public health. In urban Africa, piped water coverage has slipped, as urbanization outpaces the capacity of utilities to expand. Reforms have had mixed results.
Author/s: Sudeshna Banerjee, Heather Skilling, Vivien Foster, Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia, Elvira Morella, and Tarik Chfadi
Sub-Saharan Africa trails other regions in access to improved water sources, imperiling public health. In urban Africa, piped water coverage has slipped, as urbanization outpaces the capacity of utilities to expand. Reforms have had mixed results.
Author/s: Sudeshna Banerjee, Heather Skilling, Vivien Foster, Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia, Elvira Morella, and Tarik Chfadi
Sub-Saharan Africa trails other regions in access to improved water sources, imperiling public health. In urban Africa, piped water coverage has slipped, as urbanization outpaces the capacity of utilities to expand. Reforms have had mixed results.