An analysis of stakeholder knowledge about water governance transformation in Zimbabwe

Challenging pathways to safe water access in rural Uganda: From supply to demand-driven water governance

“…If the resources to accompany policy reforms are not available and therefore the reform remains fragmented, policy change can become a challenge to effective service delivery instead of a remedy as initially hoped for. Like Uganda, insufficient sensitisation was also reported for Zimbabwe, Mali and Burkina Faso (Kujinga and Jonker 2006;Cherlet and Venot 2013). Referring to the transformation process in South Africa, Kemerink et al (2013) also observes that unless the inherently political nature of the participatory process is recognised and different institutional settings become part of the negotiation process of the 'why' and 'how', water user associations will not effectively contribute to achieving the envisioned transformations.…”

Determinants of users’ willingness to contribute to safe water provision in rural Uganda

“…Madrigal et al (2011) pointed at the relevance of user rules and water quantity in ensuring collective action for water. Also lack of community participation and inadequate information and knowledge was identified as a hindrance to collective action in general and water transformations in particular (Poteete and Ostrom, 2004;Kujinga, 2006;Fielmua, 2011;Cherlet et al, 2013;Golooba, 2005;Blair, 2000;Braimah and Fielmua, 2011;Nandita, 2006;Madrigal et al, 2011;Nuggehalli and Prokopy, 2009;and Pretty and Ward, 2001;Mowo et al, 2008;Asingwiire, 2008). Meanwhile, Foster found out water quality, technology type and women in key water committee positions to significantly influence functionality of the water source (Foster, 2013).…”

Challenging pathways to safe water access in rural Uganda: From supply to demand-driven water governance

“…As devolution trends are spreading internationally, reforms in the water sector have taken place in various developing countries such as Ghana (Imoro and Fielmua 2011), India (Gopakumar 2010), Zambia (Chitonge 2011), Malawi and Tanzania (Mathew 2004), Zimbabwe (Kujinga and Jonker 2006;Derman and Hellum 2007), Ethiopia (Lenaerts et al 2013), Burkina Faso and Mali (Cherlet and Venot 2013) or South Africa (Goldin 2010). The results of water policy reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa are a mixture of success and failures as indicated by evidence from Uganda (Asingwire 2008;Nkonya et al 2008;Nakano and Otsuka 2011;Mugumya 2013), Ghana (Fielmua 2011), Zambia (Chitonge 2011) or Ethiopia (Lenaerts et al 2013).…”