The relationship between participation and project outcomes: Evidence from rural water supply projects in India

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 1801-1819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Stalker Prokopy
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Rural Water Supply ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Rural Water ◽  
The Relationship

Women's participation in rural water supply projects in India: is it moving beyond tokenism and does it matter?

Water Policy ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Stalker Prokopy
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Rural Water Supply ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Rural Water ◽  
Local Water ◽  
Using Data

Evidence supporting the claim that women's participation in large-scale rural water supply projects leads to improved project outcomes is largely limited to isolated case studies. This paper attempts to fill this gap by examining data from 45 villages in two World Bank-assisted projects in India. Using data from a variety of sources, including water committee members, household surveys and focus groups, women's participation is quantified - what percentage actually attend meetings or are involved at higher levels of participation such as decision-making? While it is determined that, in some cases, female committee members are nominal, or token, participants, there is evidence that being on a local water committee helps women develop skills and confidence. Overall community participation is found to have a positive and significant relationship with different measures of project success; however, women's participation at the levels observed in this study is found to have no relationship to project success.

Lesotho makes strides in rural water supply

Waterlines ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-31
Author(s):  
Adrian Clark
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Rural Water Supply ◽  
Rural Water

Electromagnetic Profiling for Groundwater in Precambrian Basement Complex Areas of Nigeria

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Idowu Olayinka
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Complex Terrain ◽  
High Conductivity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Precambrian Basement ◽  
Basement Complex ◽  
Rural Water Supply ◽  
Well Yield ◽  
Rural Water ◽  
Borehole Drilling

Ground electromagnetic profiling, using a Geonics EM34-3 instrument, has been employed to identify areas of high conductivity in a Precambrian basement complex terrain of Nigeria. Field examples, conducted as part of a rural water supply programme, are presented. They indicate that the apparent conductivities are generally lower than about 60 mmho m−1. Subsequent borehole drilling suggests a good correlation between high EM34 anomalies, deep weathering and high well yield (> 1 1 s−1). On the other hand, boreholes sited on conductivity lows penetrated a thinner regolith with relatively lower yields.

Institutional variations in practice of demand responsive approach: evidence from rural water supply in India

Water Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 650-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satyapriya Rout
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The State ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Rural Water Supply ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Rural Water ◽  
Village Communities

The paper reports the main findings of a study, designed to develop a better understanding of institutional variations in working with the demand responsive approach (DRA) in rural water supply in the state of Odisha in India. Data for the paper were collected from twelve village communities, where water is being supplied either through their community based institution or through the local government institution of the Gram Panchayat. The findings suggest that the two types of institutions performed differently in implementing the DRA. It depicted that the DRA under the broader rubric of institutional reforms in the water sector has failed to address the question of social inequality, and rather had reinforced and extended the already existing inequity of Indian society to access to safe and secure drinking water in rural areas. The study highlights that participation, cost recovery, full operation and management transfer may be an efficient proposition, but not sustainable in the long run without proper investment in institution building and support from the state, especially in provisioning of basic services like drinking water to rural poor.

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