NDLI: Private Sector Participation in Urban Water and Sanitation Provision in Ghana: Experiences from the Tamale Metropolitan Area (TMA)

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Author	Osumanu, Issaka Kanton
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	African governments, like most countries in the developing world, face daunting tasks in their attempts to provide effective and equitable water and sanitation services for their ever increasing urban populations. Consequently, the past few years have witnessed increased private sector participation in urban water and sanitation provision, as many African governments strive to improve access to water and sanitation services for their citizens in line with Millennium Development Goal 7 (MDG7). Since the early 1990s, the government of Ghana and many local authorities have entered into various forms of public-private partnerships in urban water and sanitation provision. This article examines the outcome of such partnerships using the Tamale Metropolitan Area (TMA) as a case study with the aim of providing policy guidelines for the way forward. The article argues that the public-private arrangement for water supply and sanitation infrastructure management in the Tamale Metropolis has done nothing that an invigorated public sector could not have possibly achieved. It concludes that there can be no sustainable improvement in water and sanitation provision without political commitment, stakeholder ownership, and strong support for community driven initiatives.
Starting Page	102
Ending Page	110
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0364152X
Journal	Environmental Management
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14321009
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2008-04-08
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Experiences Improvement Participation Private sector Tamale Metropolitan Area Urban Ghana Water Sanitation Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution Forestry Management Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Nature Conservation Ecology Environmental Management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Pollution Global and Planetary Change

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