Publication: Looking Beyond Government-Led Delivery of Water Supply and Sanitation Services: The Market Choices and Practices of Haiti’s Most Vulnerable People
Date
2017-12-12
ISSN
Published
2017-12-12
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The Haiti water supply, sanitation,
and hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic seeks to inform how to
maximize the socioeconomic impact of the scarce fiscal
resources channeled to the sector. The study assesses the
linkages between improved access to WASH services, poverty,
and health outcomes. The diagnostic also provides convincing
evidence of the linkages between improved access to WASH
services and variables affecting the adequate development of
children in Haiti, with a particular focus on stunting. The
diagnostic also analyzes the functioning of the water supply
and sanitation (WSS) markets to identify ways to ensure that
services delivered by the private sector are of good quality
and affordable. Focusing on the metropolitan area of
Port-au-Prince the diagnostic sheds light on the functioning
of its water supply and fecal waste collection,
transportation, and treatment services’ markets.
Port-au-Prince has the largest and most sophisticated WSS
market in Haiti, although not the fastest growing.
Therefore, understanding how this market functions may aid
stakeholders in addressing issues and opportunities that
arise in other urban markets in the future, and in
structuring successful public-private partnerships to serve
rural communities.
Citation
“World Bank. 2017. Looking Beyond Government-Led Delivery of Water Supply and Sanitation Services; Regarder Au-Delà de la Provision par le Gouvernement des Services en Eau et Assainissement : The Market Choices and Practices of Haiti’s Most Vulnerable People; Les Choix et Pratiques des Plus Vulnérables en Haïti. WASH Poverty Diagnostic. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28997 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”