Lessons from scaling up urban sanitation development in Indonesia and Mozambique

Indonesia and Mozambique are very different in terms of geography, culture, income, population and the type of sanitation used – and other aspects of development. This paper looks at urban sanitation development over the last 10 years in both countries – and the similar aspects of their development. In particular it looks at what lead to achieving national leadership: the role played by gating solid data and evidence; sanitation development models and how the critical role of effective advocacy. It ends with an overview of unresolved shared challenges and asks if these important issues provide lessons learned for other countries too?