Biblio:Providing Water to Poor People in African Cities: Lessons from Utility Reforms

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Providing Water to Poor People in African Cities: Lessons from Utility Reforms

report Aug 2016 english

Ed. WSP - Washington World Bank - Washington
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Résumé:
La recherche a montré que l'eau courante à domicile est un des critères clés pour assurer de bonne conditions sanitaires (souvent, les points d’eau partagés ne permettent pas d’assurer les besoins de base des familles qui en dépendent). Cependant, la part de la population urbaine bénéficiant de l’eau courante à domicile a diminué en Afrique, passant de 43% en 1990 à 33% en 2015. Les plus vulnérables, dont les niveaux de revenu restent faibles, sont le plus touchés par l'insuffisance de l'approvisionnement en eau. Ce document analyse les services d’approvisionnement en eau de 5 villes d’Afrique subsaharienne et tente de tirer les leçons de leurs succès pour servir les tranches les plus pauvres de la population. Abstract:
Research shows that water piped to the premises is the standard to ensure adequate health (families who rely on water carried from shared taps often do not get enough water for basic needs). Yet the share of the urban population with water piped to their premises has declined in Africa, from 43 percent in 1990 to 33 percent in 2015. Poor families are the least likely to have water piped to their premises, and the fact is that income levels remain low for many city-dwellers. The most vulnerable, therefore, will bear the brunt of the inadequacy of water supplies. This paper analyzes the water supply of 5 cities in Sub-Saharan Africa and tries to draw lessons from their successes in serving the poor.

Target Audiences:

University , Cooperation actors , Socio-Economist

Keywords:

Africa (CI) (DT) (ET) , safe water supply (CI) (DT) (ET) , urban (CI) (DT) (ET) , urban water supply (CI) (DT) (ET)

Countries:

Burkina Faso (CI) (DT) (ET) , Ethiopia (CI) (DT) (ET) , Ghana (CI) (DT) (ET) , Kenya (CI) (DT) (ET) , Mozambique (CI) (DT) (ET) , Niger (CI) (DT) (ET) , Nigeria (CI) (DT) (ET) , Senegal (CI) (DT) (ET) , Somalia (CI) (DT) (ET) , South Africa (CI) (DT) (ET) , Tanzania (CI) (DT) (ET) , Uganda (CI) (DT) (ET) , Zambia (CI) (DT) (ET)

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WSP - Water and Sanitation Program - Washington - Usa

World Bank - Washington - Usa

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