SELF SUPPLY

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SELF SUPPLY personal investment in rural water
supply in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Sally Sutton,
• Delft Feb 2007

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NODA

• Many options in access choice-small steps
• Reduced threshold costs
• Multiple uses increase value/sustainability, and
  pay for up-grades
• Relevant values, good marketing, high sales

What can we learn from
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Mrs Imamba, Zambia
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Mrs Bekele, Ethiopia
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Abdou Malim Tanzania
Abdurahman Zongo, Ghana
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Senegal
Niger
Mozambique
Water a money earner
Ghana
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POTENTIAL MARKET??
(/- 5)
Sources DHS, MICS, Census, and Living Conditions
Surveys
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Enabling Environment for Supply Choice
Means
Household
Community
Voice
Choice
Technology/Technical Advice
Financial Mechanisms/ markets
Knowledge
Private sector capacity
Capital Skills/promotion
Enabling policies
Support Flexibility
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Focus of evaluation for greater investment?

• Look at benefits of access not just coverage
• Examine justification of fears over private
  ownership
• Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the four
  pillars which can support private investment
• Evaluate more from user view point to identify
  more relevant messages for effective marketing

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• Water
• A MUSt have commodity???