Performance assessment and monitoring of water infrastructure: an empirical case study of benchmarking in Uganda

Mugisha, Silver

doi:10.2166/wp.2007.022

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“…In this case, they should consider looking outside the country for potential role models. Uganda's National Water and Sewerage Corporation(NWSC), for example, has been undergoing privatization reforms since 1998 and since then, several achievements have accrued; notably, service coverage increased from 48% in 1998 to 68% in 2005 and UFW dropped from 51% to 41% during the same period (Mugisha, 2007). Similarly, the NWASCO in Zambia has been undergoing reforms since 1997 (Schartz, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

Progress of water service providers in meeting millennium development goals in Kenya

Sambu

Tarhule

2013

African Geographical Review

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Over the past decade, the Kenyan Government has undertaken several water sector reforms in an attempt to increase water access. The most recent of these reforms (2002) was the privatization of water through the creation of autonomous Water Service Providers (WSPs). Among other things, that reform was sold as necessary to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with respect to water and sanitation. This paper uses Data Envelopment Analysis to evaluate the progress of the WSPs towards achieving the MDGs by 2015. Based on data availability and reliability, 44 WSP were selected and analysed on various efficiency measures, including technical efficiency and scale efficiency. The findings reveal that all WSPs are operating at significantly below capacity and unlikely to meet the MDGs. Over 50% of small WSPs have achieved less than 30% of targets considered necessary for achieving the MDGs. We propose the use of peer benchmarks as a way of mitigating poor performance.

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Progress of water service providers in meeting millennium development goals in Kenya

Sambu

Tarhule

2013

African Geographical Review

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“…It must be remembered that a lot of investments had been undertaken before with no corresponding incremental service improvements: this was why development partners were unwilling to put good money after bad. Mugisha (2007) underscores this fact by concluding that both commercial and engineering orientations are vital for performance improvement.…”

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Patience and action pays: a comparative analysis of WSS reforms in three East African cities

Mugisha

Brown

2010

Water Policy

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There have been significant efforts in the last 15 years to improve performance in water supply and sewerage services (WSS) operations of most cities in Africa. This has called for a number of reforms. WSS utilities in the three East African capital cities have been among the list that has undertaken such reform. Consequently, a number of legislative, institutional and managerial reforms, all aimed at creating good enabling environments to drive performance, have been undertaken. This paper outlines some of these reforms in WSS operations of the three capital cities of Kampala, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. We present, amongst other things, the key reform drivers, reforms undertaken, achievements and underlying success factors. We conclude that there is need to synergise the use of incentives, strong leadership, managerial autonomy and accountability as important buttresses for successful reforms. In doing all this, political support and, indeed, support from other stakeholders is important. We also note that reforms need time, adequate stakeholder mapping and incorporation of significant local capacity development to be fully effective.

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“…According to Mugisha (2007), the lack of incentives is the key for improvement for water supply and sewerage services operations of most cities in Africa. Kirkpatrick et al .…”

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The Effect of Access to Improved Water Sources and Sanitation on Economic Efficiency: The Case of Sub‐saharan African Countries

Halkos

Tzeremes

2012

South African J Economics

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This paper evaluates the effect of access to improved water sources and sanitation on 41 sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries' economic efficiency and growth. For this reason data envelopment analysis (DEA), bootstrap techniques and probabilistic approaches are used. The empirical results indicate that SSA countries' economic efficiency is positively influenced by the access of population both on improved water sources and sanitation. Finally, when the provision of access to improved water sources is provided to more than 50% of the population, the positive effect on countries' economic efficiency is much greater compared with the effect of providing sustainable access to improved sanitation to the same proportion of population.

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Performance assessment and monitoring of water infrastructure: an empirical case study of benchmarking in Uganda

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Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

Progress of water service providers in meeting millennium development goals in Kenya

Progress of water service providers in meeting millennium development goals in Kenya

Patience and action pays: a comparative analysis of WSS reforms in three East African cities

The Effect of Access to Improved Water Sources and Sanitation on Economic Efficiency: The Case of Sub‐saharan African Countries

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