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Water delivery configurations and CBOs in Dhaka’s slums, Bangladesh: lessons for WASH sustainability
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:11 authored by Sally CawoodIn Dhaka, Bangladesh over five million bustee (slum) dwellers access water via self-help, NonGovernmental
Organisations (NGOs), Community-Based Organisations (CBOs), donors, samity’s
(cooperative societies), illegal vendors, local leaders, politicians, private landowners and some
government agencies. These diverse ‘delivery configurations’ (Olivier de Sardan 2010; 2011; Jaglin
2014) have implications for WASH sustainability, the terms and cost of access. Drawing on in-depth
fieldwork in three bustees, and citywide interviews with NGO and government officials, this paper
outlines how NGO-initiated CBOs access legal water connections. Whilst CBOs play an increasingly
important role, the extent to which supply (and associated hardware) remains functional, affordable and
equitable in this context, is disputed. Findings highlight the importance of a more coordinated and
integrated approach to water, sanitation, hygiene and land tenure security, for enhanced WASH
sustainability in urban low-income settlements.
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CAWOOD, S., 2017. Water delivery configurations and CBOs in Dhaka’s slums, Bangladesh: lessons for WASH sustainability. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Local action with international cooperation to improve and sustain water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services: Proceedings of the 40th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough, UK, 24-28 July 2017, Paper 2647, 5pp.Publisher
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