Year of publication: 2007

AMCOW ... [et al.]. (2006). Getting Africa on track to meet the MDGS on water and sanitation : a status review of sixteen African countries. Nairobi, Kenya, WSP-Africa. - viii, 107 p.

This country sector overview provides a four page summary of the water supply and sanitation sector in sixteen African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

The first page contains a ‘snapshot’ of progress toward the MDG Roadmap. It looks at past performance in extending access to water supply and sanitaiton matched against the MDG targets. The issue of capacity to achieve the goals is presented graphically as well. It also looks at the financial capacity and projected investment needs.

The next three pages address sector preparedness, which is considered from the following areas: National strategies; Institutional arrangements; Sector financing; Sector monitoring and evaluation; and Sector capacity.

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