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Water for Life: the UK working as one. Ravi Narayanan Director, WaterAid. WaterAid. centred on field experience 15 countries, 250 local partners, 7.8m beneficiaries watsan & hygiene integration, local partners & DRA twin track strategy: pro-poor projects and advocacy
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Water for Life:the UK working as one Ravi Narayanan Director, WaterAid
WaterAid • centred on field experience • 15 countries, 250 local partners, 7.8m beneficiaries • watsan & hygiene integration, local partners & DRA • twin track strategy: pro-poor projects and advocacy • public and private partners within UK water sector • Chairman, Vic Cocker, retired Severn Trent Ch.Exec. • 50% income growth last year • hitting targets early, reviewing 2000-2005 strategy • approach to IWRM a major issue though context is: • domestic 50 litres per day = 18m3 per annum • compare 1000m3 for 1 tonne of wheat • or 1000m3 threshold for scarcity, 1700m3 for stress
The Unserved: Safe Water 30 216 40 70 440 265 Total: 1.16 billion Data: UNDP Human Development Report 2003
The Unserved: Sanitation 15 910 45 110 995 280 Total: 2.36 billion Data: UNDP Human Development Report 2003
Barriers I - Finance • Identifying the gap • Options for poor countries • Debt relief, trade • Cost recovery: pro-poor subsidies where necessary • Harmonising resources • ODA and internal resources • Cost-effectiveness of expenditure • Policy – untying Aid, Budget support, PRSPs • Appropriate technology
Barriers 1 – Finance: policy gap Other SSA and South Asia countries do not have credit ratings – they do not issue bonds and so there is no demand for their ratings. These countries are just about “unbankable” – there is no commercial appetite to lend to them or, without copious amounts of aid, to projects over $10,000 in them. Botswana India South Africa Senegal *From Camdessus Report
Barriers II - Technology • Appropriate • Operations & maintenance • Affordability • Technology ladder • Scalability
Barriers III - Governance • Clarity of Purpose • Avoid compartmentalisation – water/education/health • Demand Creation • Use of media, social marketing (esp. for sanitation) • Ethical application of policy • Concentration on poor communities/regions • Similarly for suppliers: local private sector • Transparency of Information • Monitoring Impact
Conclusions • Long way to go and poorest are already off-track • Challenge is to translate knowledge into action • Priorities need to be set: • Financiers: focus on doubling public funds • Business: sustainable service delivery systems • Governance: get data for ethical service expansions • WaterAid launching Flush Out Poverty campaign • pressure on DFID to prioritise water once more and reassert its international leadership on these issues