AMCOW Country Status Overviews of water supply and sanitation 2010

1. AMCOW Country Status Overviewsof water supply and sanitation 2010

2. Outcomes: Progress and remaining disparities Presentation overview $ Services Service delivery pathways The process by which finance is turned into services and how to improve it Finance: How much has been spent and where it is coming from

3. What underpins progress in WSS coverage? • Synthesis report scope • 32 countries in SSA • 95% of SSA population • 92% of SSA GDP • Components • Understanding past trends • Benchmarking service delivery pathways (scorecard) • Guidance to line ministries and development partners

4. Number of people gaining access needs to be increased by ... 4x for water supply 9x for sanitation 12m to 40m per year. 7m to 61m per year JMP data for 2008: Water supply 60%; Sanitation 32% Increased effort to meet MDGs: 3x for water supply ; 8 x for sanitation

5. Disparities among countries and subsectors(government data)

6. Disparities among countries and subsectors(government data)

7. Understanding trends and disparities through political economic classification of countries ... * Countries with that have received debt relief

8. Low income stable countries have made the most progress between 1990 and 2008 • in increasing coverage of water supply • in reducing open defecation • And except for South Africa • in keeping up with population growth in urban water supply, • have more equitable access • better quality of service Rural water supply increase 1990-2008

9. Low income stable countries have attracted most aid per un-served capita • The $25 bn in WSS aid has supported over 200m people to gain access to water supply across Sub Saharan Africa • Aid flows per un-served capita • 1995-2008 $US per un-served capita

10. CSO2 scorecard – benchmarks service delivery pathways and identifies bottlenecks Finance Services Enabling services Developing services Sustaining services Policy? Planning? Budget? Expenditure? Equity? Output? Maintenance/ Markets? Expansion/ Uptake? Use?

11. Senegal urban service delivery pathway • Clear targets in national development policy + masterplan • Defined roles with national asset holder (SONES) and single operator (SDE) overseen by Ministry • PEPAM – WSS MDG planning and coordination unit • Social connections policy for over 20 years • Connected over 3.3 million people (112% of urban growth) with house connections (1990-2008) • Tariffs at full cost recovery though accessing soft loans

12. Poor stable countries have the strongest service delivery pathways Strong CSO2 scorecard rating Enabling services Developing services Sustaining services Weak

13. More low income stable countries have had a PRSP process than countries in other groups... * Countries with that have received debt relief

14. PRSPs and associated technical support have strengthened core government systems • National planning • Budget and expenditure management • Procurement management • Human resource management and civil service reform • Decentralized service delivery Connecting the water sector to core government systems positions countries to implement at scale

15. Ethiopia - rural water supply • National planning process (PRSP) • Protection of basic services program channelling funds to local government • Reformed budget and expenditure management system • Civil service reform and hiring of water sector staff Core govern-ment systems • Universal Access Plan (UAP) for WSS • Sector accessing increasing amount of block grants • Common implementation manual for development partners • RWS inventories though need to be updated regularly • Good targeting of new schemes to unserved population Sector systems

16. AMCOW Country Status Overviews on WSS – round 2 Four opportunities for countries to catch up with frontrunners • Greatly assisted by the changing macroeconomic and political environment – strong economic growth, debt relief, decline in violent conflict across Africa Demonstrating sector leadership drives a virtuous cycle of increasing capacity and financing. Connecting to core-government systems extends the reach and rate of implementation capacity. Aid is spreading to fragile countries. Judicious use of aid modalities can advance the transition to country-led service delivery.

17. More money for WSS becoming available through domestic budgets – still $7bn a year gap More money for WSS becoming available through domestic budgets Planned domestic allocations per un-served person over next 3 years Debt relief , PRSP process and economic growth $US per year Economic growth Recent or future prospects for debt relief

18. Status of subsector service delivery pathways

19. Matching the stage of evolution with aid modalities

20. AMCOW Country Status Overviews on WSS – round 2 Conclusion Political stability Drivers of WSS coverage Aid modalities Sector leadership • Four opportunities to catch up with frontrunners: • Demonstrating sector leadership drives a virtuous cycle of increasing capacity and financing. • Connecting to core-government systems extends the reach and rate of implementation capacity. • Aid is spreading to fragile countries • Judicious use of aid modalities can advance the transition to country-led service delivery

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