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Africa - Ebbing Water, Surging Deficits : Urban Water Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.author Banerjee, Sudeshna
dc.contributor.author Skilling, Heather
dc.contributor.author Foster, Vivien
dc.contributor.author Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia
dc.contributor.author Morella, Elvira
dc.contributor.author Chfadi, Tarik
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-12T17:59:59Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-12T17:59:59Z
dc.date.issued 2008-06
dc.description.abstract With only 56 percent of the population enjoying access to safe water, Sub-Saharan Africa lags behind other regions in terms of access to improved water sources. Based on present trends, it appears that the region is unlikely to meet the target of 75 percent access to improved water by 2015, as specified in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The welfare implications of safe water cannot be overstated. The estimated health and time-saving benefits of meeting the MDG goal are about 11 times as high as the associated costs. Monitoring the progress of infrastructure sectors such as water supply has been a significant by-product of the MDG, and serious attention and funding have been devoted in recent years to developing systems for monitoring and evaluating in developing countries. Piped water reaches more urban Africans than any other form of water supply-but not as large a share as it did in the early 1990s. The most recent available data for 32 countries suggests that some 39 percent of the urban population of Sub-Saharan Africa is connected to a piped network, compared with 50 percent in the early 1990s. Analysis suggests that the majority of those who lack access to utility water live too far away from the distribution network, although some fail to connect even when they live close by. Water-sector institutions follow no consistent pattern in Sub-Saharan Africa. Where service is centralized, a significant minority has chosen to combine power and water services into a single national multi-utility urban water sector reforms were carried out in the 1990s, with the aim of creating commercially oriented utilities and bringing the sector under formal regulation. One goal of the reforms was to attract private participation in the sector. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10470371/africa-ebbing-water-surging-deficits-urban-water-supply-sub-saharan-africa
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7835
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Africa infrastructure country diagnostic background paper ; no. 12
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subject ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
dc.subject ACCESS TO WATER
dc.subject BOREHOLES
dc.subject BULK SUPPLIERS
dc.subject BULK WATER
dc.subject CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject COLLECTION EFFICIENCY
dc.subject CONCESSION CONTRACTS
dc.subject CONNECTION
dc.subject CONNECTION FEES
dc.subject CONSUMER REPRESENTATION
dc.subject COST RECOVERY
dc.subject COVERING
dc.subject CUBIC METER
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DEMAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subject DISTILLATION
dc.subject DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
dc.subject DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
dc.subject DRINKING WATER
dc.subject DUG WELLS
dc.subject EFFECTIVE WATER
dc.subject GOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subject GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject HAND PUMPS
dc.subject HIGHER COLLECTION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject INSUFFICIENT WATER
dc.subject INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject IRRIGATION
dc.subject LAKES
dc.subject LARGE UTILITIES
dc.subject LARGE UTILITY
dc.subject LITERS PER CAPITA PER DAY
dc.subject LOCAL CAPACITY
dc.subject METERING
dc.subject MONITORING PROGRAM
dc.subject NATIONAL WATER
dc.subject NONREVENUE WATER
dc.subject NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHOUT ACCESS
dc.subject OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject OPERATORS
dc.subject PERFORMANCE CONTRACT
dc.subject PERFORMANCE DATA
dc.subject PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
dc.subject PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject PIPED WATER
dc.subject PONDS
dc.subject POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject PRESSURE
dc.subject PRIVATE OPERATOR
dc.subject PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject PUBLIC STANDPOSTS
dc.subject PUBLIC TAP
dc.subject PUBLIC UTILITIES
dc.subject QUALITY OF SERVICE
dc.subject QUALITY OF WATER
dc.subject QUALITY STANDARDS
dc.subject RAINWATER
dc.subject REGULATORY AGENCIES
dc.subject REGULATORY AGENCY
dc.subject REGULATORY BODIES
dc.subject REGULATORY CAPACITY
dc.subject REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject REGULATORY FUNCTION
dc.subject REGULATORY STRUCTURES
dc.subject RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS
dc.subject RURAL WATER
dc.subject RURAL WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject SANITATION ACCESS
dc.subject SANITATION AUTHORITY
dc.subject SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject SANITATION PROGRAM
dc.subject SANITATION SECTOR
dc.subject SCARCE WATER
dc.subject SCARCE WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDER
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject SERVICE STANDARDS
dc.subject SEWERAGE
dc.subject SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
dc.subject SEWERAGE COMPANY
dc.subject SLUM POPULATION
dc.subject SMALL-SCALE SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject SPRINGS
dc.subject SURFACE WATER
dc.subject TARIFF ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS
dc.subject TARIFF SETTING
dc.subject TECHNICAL STANDARDS
dc.subject TOWN
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject URBAN RESIDENTS
dc.subject URBAN SANITATION
dc.subject URBAN SLUM
dc.subject URBAN WATER
dc.subject URBAN WATER SECTOR
dc.subject URBAN WATER SERVICES
dc.subject URBAN WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject URBANIZATION
dc.subject USERS
dc.subject UTILITY EFFICIENCY
dc.subject UTILITY STAFF
dc.subject UTILITY STRUCTURE
dc.subject WASTEWATER
dc.subject WASTEWATER SERVICES
dc.subject WATER BOARD
dc.subject WATER COLLECTION
dc.subject WATER COMPANY
dc.subject WATER CONNECTION
dc.subject WATER CONNECTIONS
dc.subject WATER CONSUMPTION
dc.subject WATER COVERAGE
dc.subject WATER DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject WATER LAW
dc.subject WATER MARKET
dc.subject WATER POLICY
dc.subject WATER PRICING
dc.subject WATER PRODUCTION
dc.subject WATER PROVIDERS
dc.subject WATER QUALITY
dc.subject WATER RATES
dc.subject WATER REGULATION
dc.subject WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject WATER SECTOR
dc.subject WATER SECTOR REFORM
dc.subject WATER SERVICE
dc.subject WATER SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject WATER SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject WATER SERVICES
dc.subject WATER SHORTAGES
dc.subject WATER SOURCE
dc.subject WATER SOURCES
dc.subject WATER STANDPOSTS
dc.subject WATER SYSTEMS
dc.subject WATER TARIFFS
dc.subject WATER UTILITIES
dc.subject WATER UTILITY
dc.subject WATER VENDORS
dc.subject WELLS
dc.title Africa - Ebbing Water, Surging Deficits : Urban Water Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/10470371/africa-ebbing-water-surging-deficits-urban-water-supply-sub-saharan-africa
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000334955_20090421062451
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 10470371
okr.identifier.report 48215
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.sector Water supply
okr.sector Water
okr.sector Water, sanitation and flood protection
okr.sector Sanitation
okr.sector Health
okr.sector General water
okr.sector sanitation and flood protection sector
okr.theme Water resource management
okr.theme Financial and private sector development
okr.theme Pollution management and environmental health
okr.theme Other environment and natural resources management
okr.theme Infrastructure services for private sector development
okr.theme Access to urban services and housing
okr.theme Environment and natural resource management
okr.theme Urban development
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Water Supply and Systems
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topic Water Resources :: Water and Industry
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.unit AFT: Sustainable Dev Fr. Office (AFTSN)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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