Publication: Zambia - Public Expenditure Review : Resource Allocations and Financial Flows in the Water Sector in Zambia
Date
2012-01
ISSN
Published
2012-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Zambia initiated a series of reforms in
the early 1990s aimed at increasing sustainable water supply
and sanitation services. This was coupled with improving
water resources management and enhancing contributions to
economic growth and development. The reforms are embedded
within seven sector principles that were articulated in the
1994 National Water Policy (NWP). The aim of the NWP was
'to promote sustainable water resources development
with a view to facilitate an equitable provision of adequate
quantity and quality of water for all competing groups of
users at acceptable costs and ensuring security of supply
under varying conditions.' The objective of this paper
is to review the resource allocations and financial flows in
the water sector. It is the first in a series of five policy
papers that includes the following: resource allocations and
financial flows in water sector; comparative analysis of
opportunity costs of water supply in low cost and Peri-Urban
areas; equity and efficiency of rural water supply support
in Zambia; economic analysis of the impact of small dams on
rural poverty in Zambia; and priority policy measures to
improve public expenditures in water sector.
Citation
“World Bank. 2012. Zambia - Public Expenditure Review : Resource Allocations and Financial Flows in the Water Sector in Zambia. Public expenditure review (PER);. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/a0321c25-281e-59a8-8426-e263e60f06fe License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”