World Bank Group2015-12-142015-12-142015-11-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23336Urbanization is occurring rapidly in Melanesia at 3-4 percent per annum. Due to unaffordable land and housing in formal urban areas, new migrants settle on marginal land without formal legal titles (‘informal settlements’). These settlements are growing and new settlements are emerging within and on the outskirts of towns and cities across Melanesia, at a rate that outpaces efforts to serve them. Settlements in the Melanesian capitals of Suva, Port Vila, Honiara, and Port Moresby comprise 20 percent-45 percent of the city population and at current urbanization rates will be between 30 percent and 65 percent by 2023. Information about informal settlements is scarce. This report provides a rapid review of water and sanitation services in the informal settlements in and around the capital cities of Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSANITATIONWATER QUALITYWATER SUPPLIESSANITATION TARIFFSWATER SERVICESTREATMENT PLANTURBAN COMMUNITIESNATIONAL WATER SUPPLYSANITATION SERVICEURBAN GROWTHWASTE MANAGEMENTSANITATION SERVICE PROVIDERSCONNECTION FEEHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONWATER SUPPLY SERVICEWATER SECTORWATER METERSWATER SUPPLYWATER RESOURCEMORTALITY RATESSOLID WASTE COLLECTIONURBAN WATERSANITATION INVESTMENTSSURFACE WATERADEQUATE WATERSEWERAGE SERVICESPROVISION OF SERVICESWATER SUPPLY SERVICESDELIVERY COSTSLAND TENUREWATER RESOURCESMUNICIPALITIESSANITATION SERVICE PROVISIONWATER STORAGEPRIVATE OPERATORWASTEWATER TREATMENTMUNICIPAL AUTHORITIESADEQUATE SUPPLYSANITATION ACCESSPOPULATION GROWTHWATERWASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTCOMMUNITY LEADERSCROSS-SUBSIDIESCUBIC METERSERVICE PROVIDERSERVICE PROVISIONWATER MAINSSERVICE DELIVERYUTILITYWATER SERVICE PROVISIONPIT LATRINESSEWER NETWORKSTOILET SYSTEMSWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSCUBIC METER OF WATERLITERS PER CAPITA PER DAYMETER READINGLOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDSRURAL COMMUNITIESCONNECTION CHARGESTOILET FACILITIESURBAN SANITATIONWATER TARIFFPERFORMANCE INCENTIVESSERVICE IMPROVEMENTSPROVISION OF WATERUTILITIESSEWERAGE COMPANYSOLID WASTEWATER SANITATIONSYSTEMSCENTRAL GOVERNMENTHYGIENESANITATION PROGRAMHUMAN WASTESANITATION ASSESSMENTURBAN AREASWATER TARIFFSWATER AUTHORITYLOCAL ENTREPRENEURSSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTIMPROVING SERVICE DELIVERYHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONSCOMMUNITY MANAGEMENTQUALITY WATERPOPULATION GROWTH RATEUTILITY SERVICESWATER UTILITIESWELLSLOCAL COMMUNITYWATER SOURCESWASTEWATER ASSOCIATIONSANITATION SERVICESDRINKING WATERNETWORKGROUND WATERTARIFF STRUCTURECONNECTION FEESHOUSEHOLDSACCESS TO SERVICESCLEAN WATERWASTE COLLECTIONMAINTENANCE OF FACILITIESSEPTIC TANKWATER SERVICEWATER INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTWATER SOURCESANITATION SOLUTIONSLOW INCOME CONSUMERSNATIONAL WATERWATER CUSTOMERSSERVICE PROVIDERSSANITATION FACILITIESWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/23336