Doing Things Differently: Can Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services Support Peace‐ and State‐Building Processes?

Kooy, Michelle; Wild, Leni; Mason, Nathaniel

doi:10.1111/dpr.12120

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“…However, there is no consensus in the scientific literature on whether informal service provision undermines state legitimacy. Instead, the effect of increased informal provision in the absence of a trusted state provider depends on the situational context, such as the question of whether the state was seen as a legitimate service provider prior to the conflict (Kooy, Wild, & Mason, 2015; Mcloughlin, 2015).…”

Section: Water Management In Conflict‐affected Settingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water in war: Understanding the impacts of armed conflict on water resources and their management

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Armed conflict has the potential to disrupt water systems that are crucial to environmental and human wellbeing. Yet there is no comprehensive overview of scientific evidence on the impact of armed conflicts on water resources and their management. This paper assesses the relevant scientific evidence through a systematic literature review. We discern conceptual, empirical, and methodological approaches adopted in the reviewed publications and synthesize the overarching research results. Common research topics across the body of literature include the role of water resources in armed conflicts, either as a casualty or as a weapon used by conflict parties, and the implications of armed conflict on water resources management, such as basic service provision and water governance. The analysis also pinpoints the research field's focus on empirical studies based on a small number of cases, and highlights a lack of conceptual engagement with the notion of armed conflict. Future research on water resources and their management in conflict settings needs to be more transparent on conceptual frameworks and assumptions to facilitate knowledge integration across different studies.

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Section: Water Management In Conflict‐affected Settingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water in war: Understanding the impacts of armed conflict on water resources and their management

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“…Bratton (2012) investigates citizen perceptions of local council responsiveness in sub‐Saharan Africa, finding that the perceived fairness of service provisions matters more than the services themselves. Investigating water and sanitation projects, Kooy, Wild, and Mason (2015) find that only demand‐driven, participatory projects support better attitudes and state‐building dynamics. Similar results are reported from water projects in Iraq (Brinkerhoff, Wetterberg, and Dunn 2012), cash transfers in Tanzania (Evans, Holtemeyer, and Kosec 2019), basic infrastructure and health and education services in Nepal (Fisk and Cherney 2017), and access to education in Sri Lanka (Mcloughlin 2018).…”

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Aid, Attitudes, and Insurgency: Evidence from Development Projects in Northern Afghanistan

Sexton

Zürcher

2023

American J Political Sci

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Prevalent counterinsurgency theories posit that small development aid projects can help stabilize regions in conflict. A widely assumed mechanism runs through citizen attitudes, often called “winning hearts and minds,” where aid brings economic benefits and sways public perceptions, leading to more cooperation and, eventually, less violence. Following a preregistered research design, we test this claim using difference‐in‐differences, leveraging original survey data, and new geocoded information about infrastructure projects in northern Afghanistan. We find that aid improves perceived economic conditions but erodes attitudes toward government and improves perceptions of insurgents. These attitudinal effects do not translate into changes in violence or territorial control. Testing mechanisms, we find projects with robust local consultation have fewer negative attitudinal effects, as do health and education projects. These findings challenge the “hearts and minds” theory but complement the wider literature on legitimacy, suggesting that foreign aid can improve human development but rarely meaningfully brings political stabilization.

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“…Their main findings are briefly noted here. First, the paper by Kooy, Wild, and Mason (2015) relates sanitation delivery to state-and peace-building in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of South Sudan. They mention that the delivery of sanitation to citizens can be a means to assess the state's capability to take visible action, influence community cooperation, prioritize inclusion, be held accountable, and expand opportunities to assist people in need.…”

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“Sanitation” in the Top Development Journals: A Review

Revilla¹,

Qu²,

Seetharam³

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The top 12 development journals published a total of 18,329 papers during the period 2000-2020. Out of these, just 51 focused on sanitation and related issues, which are the focus of this review. Results were mixed on the efficiency of sanitation delivery since political factors and administrative characteristics vary across locations. Accountability and leadership, especially at the local level, appear to be important driving forces. There is a need for more case studies that analyze what works, and what does not, in specific locations. Also, further studies will have to investigate how to influence the norms, traditions, and beliefs towards favorably supporting household sanitation decisions. Additionally, governments should enhance their social welfare programs to address socioeconomic inequalities (i.e., income, gender, and rural-urban disparities), which also critically affect individual and household sanitation investments. Efforts at national and international levels are needed to encourage research on the various dimensions of sanitation.

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Doing Things Differently: Can Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services Support Peace‐ and State‐Building Processes?

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Water in war: Understanding the impacts of armed conflict on water resources and their management

Water in war: Understanding the impacts of armed conflict on water resources and their management

Aid, Attitudes, and Insurgency: Evidence from Development Projects in Northern Afghanistan

“Sanitation” in the Top Development Journals: A Review

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