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Scaling up rural sanitation in Vietnam

Scaling up rural sanitation in Vietnam. Experiences with a problem-driven approach to the political economy of water and sanitation. Daniel Harris Michelle Kooy Pham Quang Nam. 16 January 2012. Problem statement.

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Scaling up rural sanitation in Vietnam

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  1. Scaling up rural sanitation in Vietnam Experiences with a problem-driven approach to the political economy of water and sanitation Daniel Harris Michelle Kooy Pham Quang Nam 16 January 2012

  2. Problem statement • Given persistently disappointing outcomes in the rural sanitation subsector, why is it that a number of seemingly successful pilot programmes of various ‘innovative approaches’ in the subsector have not been scaled up?

  3. Findings • Ensuring sufficient intra-sectoral allocation for any approach to improving rural sanitation • Why an effective pilot isn’t enough: Overcoming barriers to innovative approaches to sanitation • Formal barriers • Regulations on recurrent/development expenditure • Informal barriers • Visibility, credit and risk-reward calculations for sanitation planners • Operational realities: Partners at scale

  4. Partners at scale

  5. Implications • Securing funds for sanitation subsector within the WATSAN sector (in NTP3) National enabling environment Provincial decision-making • Development of guidance on budgeting for innovative approaches (NTP3 budget circular) • Support in developing detailed budgets for implementation of recurrent spending • Include mechanisms to progressively shift to government systems (or other actors capable of operating at scale) • Provide evidence of outcomes and benefits accruing to local leadership • Awareness of funding mechanisms, options for innovative approaches (including availability of TA where necessary) • Demonstrate feasible cost norms and accounting for the cost of all inputs (sequenced funding) • Push the boundaries of accepted approaches to sanitation • Develop (outcome-based) performance indicators • Rebalance between investment and recurrent expenditure Pilot projects • Leverage incentives (top-down and bottom-up) for provincial and other local level leadership • Provide a legal basis for adopting innovative approaches (NTP3)

  6. Extended engagement

  7. Many thanks to Mark Harvey, Renwick Irvine, Ngo Thi QuynhHoa, Than Thi Thien Huong and others at DFID-Vietnam for their assistance and engagement with the project, Helen Richards and Jane Crowder at DFID-UK, Simon O’Meally for his leadership on initial project development, and all those who have contributed time and thoughts to the work. The views presented here are those of the speaker, and do not necessarily represent the views of ODI or our partners. 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JD T: +44 207 9220 300 www.odi.org.uk d.harris@odi.org.uk m.kooy@odi.org.uk

  8. Problem-driven analysis Source: Adapted from Fritz et al., 2009:7

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