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Seeking the ideal conditions for sustainable rural water services
Global study on sustainable service delivery models for rural water in 16 countries.
In 2016-2017 IRC was subcontracted by Aguaconsult to provide technical expertise into a global study on sustainable service delivery models for rural water.
The study analysed rural water service provision in 16 countries and focused specifically on the conditions in place, current service delivery models, and the broader policy, institutional and regulatory environments.
The analytical framework employed in the study used five cross-cutting building blocks, to understand sustainable rural water services. These comprise the ideal set of functions or conditions that need to be performed or in place for the whole ecosystem to keep working. These building blocks are consolidated from the range of ten building blocks identified by the IRC led Triple-S project, as well as considering other examples, including UNICEF’s WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool, WaterAid’s sustainability framework, USAID’s Sustainability Index Tool and the FIETS taxonomy.
Based on the findings, a briefing document was developed for each country containing key findings and recommendations, both towards main government bodies responsible for rural water supply and to the World Bank operations in respective countries. The documents identify commonalities and best practices in order to inform the future design and implementation of projects, programmes and policies with relevance for the World Bank.
Our services included
- Modification of the analytical framework
- Input into development of assessment tool
- Due diligence analysis of country reports and distillation of key lessons for global dissemination
- Production of sixteen country briefs and a synthesis global report, presenting a cross-country analysis of findings and lessons.
In 2016-2017 IRC was subcontracted by Aguaconsult to provide technical expertise into a global study on sustainable service delivery models for rural water.
The study analysed rural water service provision in 16 countries and focused specifically on the conditions in place, current service delivery models, and the broader policy, institutional and regulatory environments.
The analytical framework employed in the study used five cross-cutting building blocks, to understand sustainable rural water services. These comprise the ideal set of functions or conditions that need to be performed or in place for the whole ecosystem to keep working. These building blocks are consolidated from the range of ten building blocks identified by the IRC led Triple-S project, as well as considering other examples, including UNICEF’s WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool, WaterAid’s sustainability framework, USAID’s Sustainability Index Tool and the FIETS taxonomy.
Based on the findings, a briefing document was developed for each country containing key findings and recommendations, both towards main government bodies responsible for rural water supply and to the World Bank operations in respective countries. The documents identify commonalities and best practices in order to inform the future design and implementation of projects, programmes and policies with relevance for the World Bank.
Our services included
- Modification of the analytical framework
- Input into development of assessment tool
- Due diligence analysis of country reports and distillation of key lessons for global dissemination
- Production of sixteen country briefs and a synthesis global report, presenting a cross-country analysis of findings and lessons.