Determinants of household participation in the management of rural water supply systems: A case from Ethiopia

Tigabu, Aschalew; Nicholson, Charles F.; Collick, Amy S.; Steenhuis, Tammo S.

doi:10.2166/wp.2013.160

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“…Jurisdiction over water resources and/or water-related services delivery might be contested by these groups. Socio-economic conditions of participants: Evidence suggest a correlation between the success of participatory approaches and the prevailing socio-economic wealth of a society [120,125,126], and of households [127]; while other scholars show that participants in community-based activities are generally more educated or well-off [119,125,128]. Social norms and practices around use of water: One-fit-for-all solution does not work [59].…”

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The Enabling Environment for Participation in Water and Sanitation: A Conceptual Framework

Jiménez

LeDeunff

Giné

et al. 2019

Water

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Participatory approaches are an important component of institutional frameworks for the governance of water resources and services. Studies on public participation in water management provide evidence for the outcomes of public participation and insights into the types of methods and the contexts under which participation can be meaningful. However, participatory processes are complex, and there is no single method by which to interpret, approach and implement them. This paper explores elements from the theory and practice of participation, applied to the management of water resources and water and sanitation services. Based on an in-depth literature review, we analyze the forms of participation in water and sanitation, their outcomes, as well as the contextual factors and procedural elements of participatory processes that affect their success. Contextual factors are those that are largely outside of the control of agencies or participants (e.g., demographics, history, and culture) or those that can only be influenced by management and institutional decisions in the mid- and long-term (e.g., the legal and institutional framework); while procedural elements are those over which agencies and participants have considerable control when designing and executing participatory efforts (e.g., representativeness and inclusivity, access to information, and opportunity to influence). We propose a framework that interrelates and integrates both contextual factors and procedural elements of participation. It, includes three additional aspects that are influenced by, and in turn influence, the context and the process: existing capacities for implementation of meaningful participatory processes, the resources that are allocated to them, and attitudes towards participatory processes. The framework helps conceptualize what we call the enabling environment for active, free, and meaningful participation in the delivery of water and sanitation services. By breaking down the complexities of participation, the framework supports practitioners and decision-makers to better design and implement participatory processes in water resources and water and sanitation services.

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Section: Supportive Institutional Frameworkmentioning

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The Enabling Environment for Participation in Water and Sanitation: A Conceptual Framework

Jiménez

LeDeunff

Giné

et al. 2019

Water

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“…Some authors observed that the lack of institutional support and political planning are major contributors to systems' failures, as seen in Ghana [5] and Nigeria [12]. Insufficient financial resources and weak tariff schemes also have been recognized as leading causes of failure of rural water services [8,[13][14][15]. Additionally, several studies identified maintenance issues as critical to the functionality of community-managed systems, such as the execution of insufficient preventive repairs [16], difficulties to obtain spare parts [12] and lack of technical support from external entities [17,18].…”

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Critical Factors for the Success of Rural Water Supply Services in Brazil

Machado

Santos

Quindeler

et al. 2019

Water

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The universalization of drinking water in rural communities poses a great challenge to developing countries, where rural areas often receive poor water service coverage and limited attention from authorities. This scenario is the current reality in Brazil. The community management model of rural water services has proven to be a noteworthy approach to ensure the continuity of water supply where private and public entities do not operate. However, its sustainability depends on several aspects. The authors of the current paper performed a thorough review of relevant publications in the rural sanitation field of study using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) methodology, which enabled the creation of a list of essential factors capable to ensure the sustainability of Rural Water Supply Services (RWSS). Using the Nominal Group Technique with a selection of participants from a national conference held in Brazil in 2015, specialists hierarchized the factors, demonstrating their perception of the most important aspects necessary in RWSS throughout Brazil. Consequently, the authors noticed the necessity of a strong enabling environment, which recognizes small communities and their local services. Water quality control, post-construction support and the existence of a financial scheme were also pointed out as important aspects to ensure RWSS’s sustainability.

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“…However, the inclusion of temperature as an additional impact variable has no significant effect on water demand. Tigabu (2016) estimated the water service management determinants at the household level. The findings revealed that the provision of sustainable water supply leads to increase in the household participation in water management.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Determinants of Households’ Budget Allocation to Water Consumption: Evidence from Urban Pakistan

Yousaf

Ahmed

Ali

2020

South Asia Economic Journal

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Per capita availability of water is a serious challenge for Pakistan, like other countries. The objectives of this study are to investigate the different sources of water supply use by Pakistan’s urban households, their willingness to pay and modelling the determinants of the households’ budget allocation for water consumption. The study employed Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) 2015–2016 data set, which revealed that more than 60 per cent of households rely on piped water. The result of the variable filtration plant shows that urban households take less care of their health because the tendency of filtered water use is low. The regression result shows negative effect of per capita income, and positive effect of square of per capita income reflects that measures to accelerate income will help to increase budget allocation for water supply at the households’ level. The findings call for accelerating the water filtration plants, water availability in tap and higher incomes while controlling the population size and shared common washroom can help to save water in the case of urban Pakistan.

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Determinants of household participation in the management of rural water supply systems: A case from Ethiopia

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

The Enabling Environment for Participation in Water and Sanitation: A Conceptual Framework

The Enabling Environment for Participation in Water and Sanitation: A Conceptual Framework

Critical Factors for the Success of Rural Water Supply Services in Brazil

Determinants of Households’ Budget Allocation to Water Consumption: Evidence from Urban Pakistan

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