Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries

Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals



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ODI - Fluid Dynamics: Achieving greater progress on aid effectiveness in the water sector – lessons from three countries

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The objective of this study is to review the extent to which the five Paris Principles (PPs) on Aid Effectiveness (AE) as set out in the Paris Declaration (PD) on AE: ownership, alignment, harmonisation, managing for results and mutual accountability, are being applied in the water and sanitation sector. The approach included in-depth case study research in three countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda) and a broader document review. From this evidence the study aims to identify ways in which external support to the water sector can be delivered more in the spirit of the PD.

Our findings show that the water sector is not consistently underperforming in the three country case studies. Rather, we suggest that the situation is one of ‘fluid dynamics’ – the sector is moulded by the surrounding political-economic context in which it is situated, i.e. predominantly by the national governance environments in the countries examined. The following conclusions and recommendations emerged:


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