Poverty and Water: Explorations of the Reciprocal Relationship (International Studies in Poverty Research)

Contents......Page 6
Boxes, tables and figures......Page 7
Introduction......Page 10
Water and poverty......Page 11
Water and health......Page 13
Water for agriculture......Page 16
Notes......Page 19
References......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
What progress has been made from the ‘development decade’ to the ‘water decade’?......Page 24
Neo-liberal policies and poverty......Page 29
Lessons from the Water Decade......Page 31
Recovering costs, managing demand......Page 35
Placing the sting on the poorest......Page 37
Costing a public good......Page 39
Domineering vested interests......Page 40
The new period: cost recovery, privatisation and human rights......Page 41
Reinforcing the contradictory tendencies......Page 43
Privatisation: a new panacea?......Page 44
From a trickle to a storm......Page 47
A renewed urgency: the state and delivery......Page 49
Pre-eminence of water issues......Page 51
Notes......Page 53
References......Page 54
Background......Page 56
Trust......Page 59
Shame......Page 67
Notes......Page 71
References......Page 72
Introduction......Page 74
Conceptual framework......Page 75
Methodology......Page 77
Nigeria’s poverty profile......Page 80
Case studies......Page 82
Managing Nigeria’s water resources......Page 87
New policy directions......Page 89
Conclusions......Page 93
References......Page 94
Introduction......Page 96
Poverty and agricultural growth......Page 97
Water and agricultural change in Char Bhramondi......Page 101
Why has this been good for the poor?......Page 104
The emergence of a water market......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 108
References......Page 109
Introduction......Page 112
The Fish-Sundays scheme......Page 113
Model......Page 116
Results......Page 118
Transforming irrigation......Page 122
Conclusion......Page 126
References......Page 127
The situation in Tanzania......Page 130
The need for explicit inclusion of health effects in cost-benefit analysis......Page 132
Women are affected more......Page 133
Theory and practice of cost-benefit analysis......Page 134
The necessity of social dimensions in cost-benefit analysis......Page 135
Profile and water supply situation in two surveyed villages......Page 136
Analysis of water supply options......Page 138
Methodology of the analysis......Page 139
Assessment of economic benefits......Page 140
Basic assumptions......Page 142
Economic viability of sub-projects for Kilosa district......Page 143
Investment benefits are more than monetary returns......Page 144
Summary of cost-benefit analysis results......Page 145
Conclusions......Page 148
Notes......Page 150
References......Page 151
Introduction......Page 153
A consistent pro-poor policy?......Page 155
Deepening disparities?......Page 157
Benefits accruing from water, sanitation and hygiene education......Page 159
The cholera epidemic and the rural poor......Page 161
Women, time poverty and social intervention......Page 168
Free basic water: the results......Page 171
Conclusions......Page 172
References......Page 174
Introduction......Page 177
South Africa and urban water......Page 179
Water distribution in Durban......Page 180
The basics of the model......Page 183
The social welfare function......Page 185
The urban residential water demand......Page 187
The supply of water......Page 188
Comparing the IBT price structures......Page 189
How different factors influence the optimal IBT......Page 190
The budget constraint of the water utility......Page 193
Policy implications of the results......Page 194
References......Page 198
The rich have water......Page 200
From crisis to crisis......Page 201
Slogans and doctrinaire positions......Page 202
The slogan ‘water for all’ has mesmerised us all......Page 203
The privatisation of water......Page 204
Water helps, but there is need to look beyond......Page 205
The value of targeted research......Page 206
Need to review policies......Page 207
References......Page 208
About the contributors......Page 209
Index......Page 213