Against the Current : How to Shape an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Water Service Delivery in Nigeria
Nigeria has enough surface and ground water to meet domestic demand, but as of 2004 half of its urban population did not have access to piped water. And for those who did have access, water taps flowed only a few hours a day. Rapid urban population...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25073839/against-current-shape-enabling-environment-sustainable-water-service-delivery-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22776 |
| Summary: | Nigeria has enough surface and ground
water to meet domestic demand, but as of 2004 half of its
urban population did not have access to piped water. And for
those who did have access, water taps flowed only a few
hours a day. Rapid urban population growth of 5.7 percent
per year heightened the difficulties faced by State Water
Agencies (SWAs) in meeting the need for piped water and
expanding production capacity. Poorly maintained and aging
pipes were subject to frequent leakages, and some newly
built pipes carried no water owing to intermittent power
supply. Nigeria’s water sector performance contrasts with
that of smaller countries in West Africa, such as Niger and
Burkina Faso, which, with fewer resources, have undergone
major institutional reforms and made significant progress in
the urban water sector. The case study is part of a series
on Doing Development Differently in Nigeria. This series
seeks to support the World Bank’s Nigeria country team in
strengthening its effectiveness by tailoring interventions
to the local context using World Bank support to leverage
system wide change and systematically learn by doing. This
case study is also part of the Science of Delivery case
study program that is contributing to the Global Delivery
Initiative’s Library of Delivery Case Studies. The Global
Delivery Initiative is collaboration across the
international development community to forge a new frontier
in development efforts worldwide. |
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