Output-Based Aid in Vietnam : Access to Piped Water Services for Rural Households
In Vietnam, achieving sustainable provision of water services for communities in rural areas has been a challenge for years. About 74 percent of the Vietnamese population is concentrated in rural areas, yet just 48 percent of households have access...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/08/15174226/output-based-aid-vietnam-access-piped-water-services-rural-households http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10874 |
| Summary: | In Vietnam, achieving sustainable
provision of water services for communities in rural areas
has been a challenge for years. About 74 percent of the
Vietnamese population is concentrated in rural areas, yet
just 48 percent of households have access to clean water,
compared with 82 percent in urban areas. Only 30 percent of
small towns have piped water systems, and even then the
proportion of connected households can be as low as 20
percent. Many settlements have no water systems, and during
the dry season residents have to rely on polluted sources
for basic household needs. This paper reviews the successful
implementation and subsequent scale-up of an Output-Based
Aid (OBA) scheme to provide access to safe, clean water for
low-income, rural households in central and southern
Vietnam, through local communities and small private operators. |
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