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Water and Sanitation Needs Assessment for Blantyre City, Malawi
01 Jan 2012-
About: The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 9 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sanitation & Regional planning.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the performance of water user associations and the role of actors, power relations, socio-institutional dynamics, and context in supplying water to poor urban and peri-urban neighborhoods of Malawi's two major cities.
64 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize the literature on historical and emerging institutional arrangements for urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa to highlight successes, drawbacks, and opportunities for improving future water access.
Abstract: This article synthesizes the literature on historical and emerging institutional arrangements for urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa to highlight successes, drawbacks, and opportunities for improving future water access. It traces the influence of decades-long global water initiatives on urban water-policy reforms in the region and reviews evidence on emerging community self-help and partnership models. Finally, it discusses the merits, targets and potential of Sustainable Development Goal 6 to improve urban water access in the region. The findings suggest that improving urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa requires innovative governance and institutional arrangements that blend the strengths of public, private and community-based water supply models.
51 citations
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...…communities to pay off outstanding debts that earlier led to water network disconnections, increased the number of operational communal water kiosks, and enabled water boards to promptly and efficiently deal with broken pipes and other technical faults (Adams & Zulu, 2015; Maoulidi, 2012)....
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...…points was widespread; community complaints were ignored by the utility amidst widespread embezzlement and outstanding debts; communal water kiosk disconnections by the water boards were rampant; and political interference in water-delivery affairs was common (Adams & Zulu, 2015; Maoulidi, 2012)....
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...the water boards were rampant; and political interference in water-delivery affairs was common (Adams & Zulu, 2015; Maoulidi, 2012)....
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TL;DR: Groundwater options may utilise high borehole yields possible from alluvial aquifers, grossly under-exploited by hand pumps, or embrace pipeline drinking-water supply and managed-aquifer-recharge opportunities.
30 citations
15 Apr 2016
TL;DR: The Malawi Urbanization Review as discussed by the authors provides fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current and potential contribution of urbanization to long-term national development and the current institutional and financial capacity of local governments to manage the process.
Abstract: The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current and potential contribution of urbanization to long-term national development and the current institutional and financial capacity of local governments to manage the process. Analyses presented in this report are particularly timely as Malawi is planning for the coming half decade through the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) III (2016-2020). Malawi is urbanizing at a moderate rate and has a good chance of proactively managing the urbanization process. Opportunities may arise from a positive structural change that Malawi’s economy is undergoing, whereby the driver of growth and job creation moves from agriculture to non-agricultural sectors. Faster urbanization, with strong linkages with rural areas, can contribute further to deepening such structural change. To unlock the potential of urbanization as a catalyst for long-term economic development, it is necessary to strengthen the capacity of urban local governments to generate revenues and meet the key infrastructure and service needs in urban areas, which remain challenging even at the current rate of urbanization.
17 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors tested the impact of the WTP question positioning relative to environmental perceptions on respondents' willingness to pay (WTP) for two hypothetical solid waste collection services.
Abstract: Insufficient staff, inappropriate collection vehicles, limited operating budgets and growing, hard to reach populations mean that solid waste management remains limited in most developing countries; Malawi is no exception. We estimated the willingness to pay (WTP) for two hypothetical solid waste collection services. Additionally, we tested the impact of the WTP question positioning relative to environmental perceptions on respondents’ WTP. The first scenario involved a five minute walk to a disposal facility; the second scenario involved a 30 min walk. Additionally, the order of the question was randomized within the questionnaire. A WTP value of K1780 was found for the five minute walk scenario when the question was placed first, and K2138 when placed after revealing the respondent’s perceptions on the environment. In the 30 min walk scenario, WTP was K945 when placed first and K1139 when placed after revealing the respondent’s perceptions on the environment. The estimated values indicate that there is both a willingness to pay for solid waste services and that there are at least two options that would be acceptable to the community; a pilot scale implementation would be required to validate the hypothetical values, especially given the dependency on problem framing. Community financing should be considered as a sustainable approach to solid waste management in underserved areas.
8 citations
Cites background from "Water and Sanitation Needs Assessme..."
...Although there is collection (and semi-controlled dumping) of waste in formal areas, informal areas are left unserved (Palamuleni 2002; Government of Malawi 2010; Maoulidi 2012; Maganga 2013; Barre 2014)....
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