Organizational reviews and sector policy
Strengthening organizations in the WASH sector is generally recognised as a key priority. Different sub-sectors such as urban water, urban sanitation and rural WASH, each have a different range of key stakeholders, although in general terms, there are formal service providers, non-state providers (private and civil society), plus various Government institutions involved in policy making, regulation and sector co-ordination. A key challenge is getting the best out of the various stakeholders to enhance service improvements. WEDC has undertaken significant research, consultancy and capacity development work in this area, focusing particularly on organizational analyses, policy reviews, enhancing services to the poor and specific studies.
If you would like to find out more about WEDC’s work is this area, please contact Dr Sam Kayaga or Kevin Sansom.
Projects in this area
- Operational review and institutional assessment of the Africa Water Facility, ADB
- Institutional Support to Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO)
- Improvement of water utility management and reduction of unaccounted–for-water: Capacity development project in Africa
- Non-Governmental Public Action (NGPA) research on NGO - Government relations
- Ability and willingness-to-pay studies for water services in Godey Town, Somali region of Ethiopia
- Monitoring and evaluation (MVE): Advisors for the South Asia WASH Payment by Results Programme (contains an equity component)
- Serving all urban consumers: A marketing approach to water services in low- and middle-income countries
- Tools for the development of national rural sanitation policies
- Change Management Forum/MDSUPHO programme in India for urban water and sanitation
In addition to the projects listed above, other organizational review and sector policy projects WEDC has undertaken include:
- Partnership options and guidelines for commercial utilities/local authorities and community-based service providers in peri-urban settlements of Zambia
- Regulating public and private partnerships for the poor (research funded by DFID)
- Charging to enter the water shop? (research funded by DFID)
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