title: Why do water and sanitation systems for the poor still fail? Policy analysis in economically advanced developing countries.
abstract: The results of an independent evaluation of 60 case studies of water and sanitation infrastructure projects in India, Mexico, and South Africa, most of them implemented since 2000, demonstrate an ongoing problem of failing infrastructure even in economically advanced developing countries. This paper presents a meta-analysis of those project case study results and analyses whether the design of existing policies or other factors contribute to failures. It concludes that the observed failures are due to well-known reasons and recommends how the implementation of the Dublin-Rio Principles can be improved. (They were introduced twenty years ago to avoid such failures by means of more sustainable planning.).
authors: Competence Centre for Decision-Aid in Environmental Management, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences/DIB, Gregor Mendel Strasse 33, A-1180 Vienna, Austria. Markus.Starkl@boku.ac.at
authors: Markus
authors: M
authors: Starkl
authors: Norbert
authors: N
authors: Brunner
authors: Thor-Axel
authors: TA
authors: Stenström
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D011050:Policy Making; D012499:Sanitation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014867:Water; D014881:Water Supply / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
chemical_list: D014867:Water