African Ministers Council on Water2014-04-022014-04-022011https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17580The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) commissioned the production of a second round of Country Status Overviews (CSOs) to better understand what underpins progress in water supply and sanitation and what its member governments can do to accelerate that progress across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Based on the extensive in-country diagnostics, analysis, and stakeholder consultations, the second CSO provides these insights for 32 countries in SSA, for which there are separate individual country reports. This document is the regional synthesis of the 32 country status overviews which collectively account for 95 percent of SSA's population and over 90 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The report highlights the most important trends, challenges, and proposed actions for achieving improved water supply and sanitation (WSS) services across Sub-Saharan Africa. The opportunities for progress are identified based on: understanding trends, identifying the challenge, and prioritizing action.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSORPTIVE CAPACITYACCESS TO SAFE WATERACCESS TO WATER SUPPLYARMED CONFLICTARMED CONFLICTSCAPITAL EXPENDITURECAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTSCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCIVIL SOCIETYCODCOMMUNITY MANAGEMENTCONNECTION POLICYCONSTRUCTIONCOST RECOVERYDEBT FORGIVENESSDEBT SERVICE PAYMENTSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT EXPENDITUREDEVELOPMENT PLANSDISSEMINATIONDRINKING WATERECONOMIC GROWTHEQUITABLE ACCESSFINANCIAL VIABILITYFOOD SECURITYGENDER EQUALITYGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT CAPACITYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CAREHOURS OF SERVICEHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILLNESSINFORMATION SYSTEMSINVESTMENT PLANNINGINVESTMENT REQUIREMENTSLEGAL STATUSLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTSMANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL GOALSOFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEOPEN DEFECATIONOPERATIONAL COSTSOPERATIONAL PERFORMANCEPARTICIPATORY PROCESSPEACEPILOT PROJECTSPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION MOVEMENTSPOPULATION SIZEPRIVATE SECTORPROGRESSQUALITATIVE INFORMATIONQUALITY OF SERVICERAPID POPULATION GROWTHREFORM EFFORTRESPECTRURAL AREASRURAL SANITATIONRURAL WATERRURAL WATER SUPPLYSANITATION COVERAGESANITATION FACILITIESSANITATION SECTORSANITATION SERVICESANITATION SERVICE DELIVERYSANITATION SERVICESSCHOOL ATTENDANCESERVICE DELIVERYSUSTAINABLE ACCESSSUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERYTECHNICAL ASSISTANCEURBAN AREASURBAN GROWTHURBAN GROWTH RATESURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATION GROWTHURBAN SANITATIONURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYUTILITIESUTILITY RESTRUCTURINGWATER POINTSWATER RESOURCEWATER SERVICESWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY SERVICEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION10.1596/17580