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

Naiga, Resty; Penker, Marianne

doi:10.4335/12.3.695-714(2014)

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“…Furthermore, our findings provide a foundation for deriving hypotheses about those factors that determine the water users' willingness to contribute to O&M (e.g. trust in WUC, the distance of water source from households) for subsequent large-N studies (Poteete et al 2010;Naiga and Penker 2014).…”

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“…This share is very similar to the national share of point water sources in rural Uganda. Bearing in mind that communities in Uganda are not homogeneous, several studies in Uganda indicate that communities with the same type of technologies are largely confronted with similar challenges (Muhangi 1996;Asingwire 2008;DWD 2011a;Baguma et al 2013;Foster 2013;Mugumya 2013;Naiga and Penker 2014). Thus, the case study promises a fruitful perspective on possible pitfalls, challenges and innovations for rural water governance elsewhere in Uganda.…”

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

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Uganda has experienced a major policy shift from a supply-driven to a demand-driven approach in rural water provision since 1990. The article sheds light on the rural population's access to safe water within the changing institutional frameworks. We analysed individual and group interviews with key informants from national to community levels and relevant official documents with the 'SocialEcological Systems' framework and the 'design principles'. Since the implementation of the demand-driven approach, rural safe water coverage has slightly improved but operation and maintenance of water sources pose a great challenge hampering, longterm access to safe water. The abrupt and top-down imposed policy shift has resulted in competing signals from old and new policies creating uncertainty and ambiguity about responsibilities, rules and incentives. The analysis shows the importance of taking into account the implications of national institutional disturbances on local collective action for long-term access to safe water.

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“…As already mentioned, the O&M challenge accounts for over 50 per cent of the non-functionality of water sources (DWD, 2011a;Foster, 2013;Naiga and Penker, 2014;Naiga et al, 2015). Non-functionality of water sources, especially in rural areas, is mainly due to water users' unwillingness to contribute user fees (Naiga and Penker, 2014). It is noteworthy that the poor cannot afford the full market costs of water, hence the importance of government as a major player.…”

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“…In Uganda, safe water coverage is estimated at 72.8 per cent of the population in urban areas and 64 per cent in rural areas (MWE, 2014). However, the actual water coverage levels are considered much lower in rural areas given the hypothetical statistical procedures of deriving the coverage and the fact that most dysfunctional water sources are not controlled for, and the tendency by political leaders to portray a rosy picture towards water coverage statistics (Carter et al, 1999;Naiga and Penker, 2014;Naiga et al, 2015). Further still, the national access goal of 77 per cent in rural areas and a functionality rate of 80-90 per cent by 2015 are far from being met (GoU, 1999).…”

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“…Further still, the national access goal of 77 per cent in rural areas and a functionality rate of 80-90 per cent by 2015 are far from being met (GoU, 1999). For instance, O&M accounts for nonfunctionality of over 50 per cent of water infrastructure, hampering long-term access to safe water in rural Uganda (Foster, 2013;Naiga and Penker, 2014;Naiga et al, 2015).…”

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This is a book about community-based research in the service of improving the sustainability and equity of safe water production, consumption, and management at community level in rural Uganda. It provides an account of the findings of a five-year combined social science, natural science, and engineering research work programme (2009-14) which took place within and with the community, in the sense that the community identified their water needs and related their everyday struggles with water resourcing to the research team, and they contributed to the outcomes. Our research programme began 14 years after the Ugandan government enacted the 1995 Water Statute (which provided the framework for the use, protection, and management of water resources and supply, the constitution of water authorities, and the devolution of water supply undertakings), 10 years after the 1999 National Water Policy was rolled out, and six years short of the delivery date for the Millennium Development Goals on water.

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Evaluating waterpoint sustainability and access implications of revenue collection approaches in ruralKenya

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Water policies in many sub‐Saharan African countries stipulate that rural communities are responsible for self‐financing their waterpoint's operation and maintenance. In the absence of policy consensus or evidence on optimal payment models, rural communities adopt a diversity of approaches to revenue collection. This study empirically assesses waterpoint sustainability and access outcomes associated with different revenue collection approaches on the south coast of Kenya. The analysis draws on a unique data set comprising financial records spanning 27 years and 100 communities, operational performance indicators for 200 waterpoints, and water source choices for more than 2000 households. Results suggest communities collecting pay‐as‐you‐fetch fees on a volumetric basis generate higher levels of revenue and experience better operational performance than communities charging flat fees. In both cases, financial flows mirror seasonal rainfall peaks and troughs. These outcomes are tempered by evidence that households are more likely to opt for an unimproved drinking water source when a pay‐as‐you‐fetch system is in place. The findings illuminate a possible tension between financial sustainability and universal access. If the Sustainable Development Goal of “safe water for all” is to become a reality, policymakers and practitioners will need to address this issue and ensure rural water services are both sustainable and inclusive.

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

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

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

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Evaluating waterpoint sustainability and access implications of revenue collection approaches in ruralKenya

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