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WATER AND SANITATION PROGRAM

Achievements and FY09 Highlights

WSP Council Meeting London, EnglandJune 12, 2008

Wambui GichuriAlmud WeitzCathy Revels

Francois Brikke

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There is progress, but Africa still off-track:

64% of the pop using improved water sources: btw 20 – 25 countries on track to meet water MDG

38% of the pop using improved san facilities: only about 5 countries on track to meet san MDG

Decline/stagnation in urban for both water and sanitation

Lowest service levels in fragile/post-conflict states – need special attention & support

Sector reform working, but more focus needed to scale up; improving sustainability, monitoring

Mass behaviour change programs – CLTS, San marketing –can bring rapid improvements at scale & are beingimplemented

Increasing demand to strengthen implementation performance

Trends

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BeninBurkina FasoDRCEthiopiaKenyaMozambiqueNigerRwandaSenegalTanzaniaUgandaZambia

12 focus countries50 projects in FY08FY08 budget - US$13m≈30% total WSP budget 46 staff

Core support to focus countriesSupport to neglected sectorsDev practical tools & knowledgeStrengthening reg. partnershipsSupport to fragile/post-conflict countries

Liaison office in Tunis

WSP-Africa focus countries in FY08

Ltd. Support – Mali and Malawi

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AfricaSan +5 Conference:33 Ministers endorse eThekwini Declaration:

Dedicated budget lines for sanitation0.5% of GDP to sanitation budget

AU Heads of States Summit to focus on WSSIYS launch in AfricaCountry level actions –

Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Kenya – action plansIncrease in sanitation budget in Burkina Faso

Building on Asia CLTS success – Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania starting behavior change/CLTS/sanmarkDiversity of san status different approaches

Zero tolerance for open defecationUpgrade traditional latrinesConnection connections/condominial/public facilities

Progress highlight: AfricaSan

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Leveraging micro-finance loans for small water projects

Pilot targeting 21 projects (about 65,000 beneficiaries); EU grant to scale up to 55 systems

$450,000 being disbursed

$700 000 being processed

Loan guarantee with USAID

Replication in other sectors?

Key Innovations• Use of microfinance on a project finance 

basis for infrastructure• Use of output based aid (OBA)• Catalyzing a domestic private sector 

business development services sector to support water providers

GPOBA fund

Microfinance Institution

Small Piped Water Project

Athi Water Services Board

OBA subsidy Loan to project Debt service Service provision agreement

80% 40% 0% 40%

20%

Micro-finance for Piped Water in Kenya

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Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to shift management to local private sector

RESULTS:

Increased functional rural water systemsImproved efficiencies: water losses, maintenance costs42 private operators now manage over 25 percent of rural water supply systems in Rwanda30 private operators have contracts with district water authoritiesOn track to meet target to transfer the management of 50 percent of water supply systems to the private sector by 2012

Pick low lying fruits with institutional development as medium & long term goalIdentify the key partners - put some resources to building/strengthening

Demonstrate some results quickly and mobilize supportRely on community efforts and local private sector

Fragile/post-conflict country - Rwanda

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Two tracks:

Support regional institutions (AMCOW, AfDB) CSO -2nd CSO in 2010Support national sector information monitoring systems

JSRs – stakeholder assessment of sector performance; set new priorities, assess problems and issuesCross-country learning/regional dialogue

Senegal:Key institutional leader for the whole sector M&E system (the PEPAM coordinating unitAnnual sector-review process launchedInteractive data reporting system through the web-based database (www.pepam.gouv.sn)National budget planning process through MTEF (not yet implemented, objective 2009)

Regional Highlights

Tracking WSS Improvements

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Growth of Sanitation & Hyg

Strengthening implementation performance

Increase support to fragile/post-conflict states

Broaden support to ensure availability for the poor, multiple use incomes & sustainability

Water Supply, 38%

Sanitation27%

Hygiene 35%

Looking Ahead

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Focus countries:BangladeshIndiaPakistan

FY08 budget: $9 million

Staff: ≈40

Overview: WSP South Asia

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Sanitation access very lowRural – impressive gains in some countries; needs sustained behavior change focusUrban – very low access in India and Bangladesh; good practices demonstrated and progress made on policies; poised to start scaling up

Water supply access – relatively high, but moving up slowly or fallingRural water – increasing focus on sustainability to address slippage, water quality and local WRM issuesUrban water – improved policies; some progress on institutional reform and project design

Most subsidies and investments still poorly targeted, with low quality service, inequity, wastage, slippage, unsustainable WRM the norm

South Asia WSS: Trends

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ContextBetween SACOSAN I and II (2003-2007), India and Bangladesh made considerable progress on reducing open defecation, but Pakistan showed no progress

Support provided to:Develop national policy, provincial strategies, funding programs and projects to introduce focus on collective behavior changeAdvocacy, capacity building

Results:Pakistan now scaling up with significant funding to incentivize collective behavior changeIndia and Bangladesh continue to scale up

Citizen engagement and behavior change

FY08 Key Achievements

Rural Sanitation Scaling-up

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Context:UWS access has increased, but not equity, sustainability, reliability, water qualityService providers have not been accountable or efficient

Support provided:Introduction of benchmarking and performance improvement planningLinked to demand side surveysBringing into project M&E and regulation

Results:Service improvements starting: increase in legal household connections for the poor, reductions in non-revenue water, water quality testing, energy efficiency

Service provider performance

FY08 Key Achievements

UWS Benchmarking

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Service provider performanceRWSS: water safety planning, service agreements, local WRM, multiple useLocal participatory planning and management models for improved urban sanitation & service to the poorHorizontal learning to build capacity of local governments

Policies, institutions, regulationEnabling clients to access funds available and implement effectivelyStrengthening regulation & M&E

Harmonization and alignmentWorking well at the project and country level, but less well regionally

Looking Ahead

5 countries +

28 staff

31 projects

FY08 Budget: $11.6 million

(45% increase over FY07)

Indonesia

PhilippinesLao PDR

Vietnam

Cambodia

Sectoral Focus

Hygiene24%

Sani tation54%

Water Supply22%

WSP-EAP Regional Overview

Indonesia

PhilippinesLao PDR

Vietnam

Cambodia

Overall:

Poverty reduction progress continued in 2007 – but shift to urban, and 2008?

Growth despite continuing lag of institutions

Water and Sanitation:

MDG progress: wide disparities

415 million have no access to improved water supplies

800 million have no access to improved sanitation

Meeting MDGs still leaves 630 million (1/3 of population) without improved sanitation

Regional Trends

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Awareness Raising: EASAN and Economics of Sanitation Initiative:

Phase I - Economic Impacts of Sanitation in Southeast Asia: 4-country study covering Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, published in November 2007 (Lao PDR ready by June 2008)

Key Findings:4 countries lose approx. $9 billion/year due to poor sanitation (2% of combined GDP, varying from 1.3% in the Philippines to 7.2% in Cambodia)Impact on health resources accounts for 50% of losses, followed by water resources (29%), environment, other welfare, and tourism

Dissemination of results had ripple effect in all 4 countries

FY08 Key Achievements

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ESI Dissemination

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FY08 Key Achievements Contd.

Policies, Institutions, Regulation:Urban and Rural Sanitation Strategic Approach for Scale Up:

Decentralized urban (Indonesia, Philippines) and rural (Indonesia) strategic approach being developedParallel tracks of working with local governments as ‘models’ for national scale-up, alongside national enabling framework development

Results: Govt. of Indonesia allocated Rp 1 billion for replication of rural TSSM model in Banten province

Service Provider Performance:Domestic Private Sector Participation Support:

From assessment of the DPSP situation (Vietnam) to capacity building for small-scale providers (Cambodia) to making small utilities more bankable (the Philippines)

Results: 5 small utilities in the Philippines ready for debt financing

Sustainable Sanitation in East Asia Philippines Program

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Looking Ahead

Awareness Raising: ESI Phase II – from impact analysis to assessment of different sanitation options, tailored to countriesStrengthen regional interchange (whole EAP, Mekong +) and cooperation in key areas to ‘spread the message’ and collaborate on issues affecting all, such as sanitation in difficult environments

Policies, Institutions, Regulation:Focus on mainstreaming behavioral change aspects of sanitation support (sanitation marketing, handwashing, household water treatment) Integration of strategic models into government institutional framework

Service Provider Performance:Widen and deepen support in all 5 countries; regulatory support in the Philippines, multi-village pooling project in Indonesia, joint WSP-Bank work in Vietnam on small-town provider models

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Basic data:28 staff21 projectsBudget FY08 : 5 M US $

Knowledge management (04 – 08):50 thematic publications12 sector magazines3 web-pages (in Spanish)

Honduras

Nicaragua

Ecuador

Bolivia

Peru

Main focus:Decentralization, local governance and involvement of private operatorsSanitation and HandwashingHarmonization and partnerships

WSP-LAC

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MDG targets on track for water with the exception of Bolivia, Honduras, Haiti, but in general serious problems of sustainability

Sanitation remains a major challenge in both peri-urban and rural areas: Bolivia (22%), Peru (32%), Nicaragua (34%)

More importance given to the sector, clearer policies, more investments, but poor capacity at local level

190 million persons live in poverty, 69 in extreme poverty: more attention given to poverty, but strategies rarely adequate for the the poor

Potential of the local private sector (despite political context) that can also participate in poor areas

Trends in the Sector

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Regulatory, institutional environment Decentralization & local governance In line with the “Agua para todos” government program

Regional political agreements, diagnosis, training and planning in 5 regions and 42 provinces

Final result: financing in 5 regions, training and model for the whole country (+ “export” experience)

Citizen’s engagement and behaviour

4 Ministries at planning table + 40 private & social partners

Flexible campaigns in 8 of the 24 regions that maximize available resources, and impact monitoring

Handwashing starting in Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador, Regional plan with FOCARD + Panama (WB)

Handwashing Initiative

Align multiple donors and stakeholders Promoting sanitation in LACMajor promotional event & Ministerial Declaration

Caribosan, Perusan, Boliviasan, Centrosan, Roadmap Nicaragua, Strategy Honduras

Condominial tours / Sanitation website / Innovation

FY08 Highlights

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1. Focus on sanitation and hygiene

3. Harmonization and alignment

Follow-up of Latinosan and national events, strategies, roadmapsSanitation as a business + micro finance for sanitation and scaling upHandwashing (Impact monitoring in Peru + consolidate initiatives in LAC)Condominial (support and exchange with WB and other regions)Contribution to global knowledge + innovative best practices

2. Decentralization, local governance and policies

Grupo de Agua (exploring basket funding) in Peru and NicaraguaSector Round Tables / Local networks / Focard in Central America

Capacity building of local governments in Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru3 years support on post earth quake planning and management, PeruPromoting DPSP in peri-urban areas in Bolivia and LAC

Going Forward

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Gracias !