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Out of projects and into SWAP: lessons from the Ugandan rural water and sanitation sub-sector

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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by G. Kimanzi, Kerstin Danert
Experience of Sector-wide Approaches (SWAPs) for improving rural water supply and sanitation in Uganda has shown that not all of the “negative” aspects of project are overcome. Despite the difficulties that RWSS has experienced with regards to SWAP, we do not urge Donors or Government to abandon this approach. However, for SWAPs to work, and enable Governments to develop the vision for development of their citizens, a high level of commitment is required among all stakeholders, a long time horizon (more than ten years) is essential. Issues of procurement and accounting procedures, management skills and systems in Government, inadequate remuneration of civil servants, heterogeneity between different parts of the country and the need for targeted support to disadvantaged districts, and donor coordination need to be fully addressed.

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  • Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

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KIMANZI, G. and DANERT, K., 2005. Out of projects and into SWAP: lessons from the Ugandan rural water and sanitation sub-sector. IN: Kayaga, S. (ed). Maximising the benefits from water and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 31st WEDC International Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 31 October-4 November 2005, pp. 182-185.

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2005

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