Loughborough University
Browse
Dhoba-2769.pdf (162.42 kB)

Strengthening WASH sector monitoring through the use of ICTs: experiences from Zimbabwe's rural WASH information management system (RWIMS)

Download (162.42 kB)
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:11 authored by Lovemore Dhoba, Addmore Nyawasha, S. Nyamuranga
A rural WASH database is under development in Zimbabwe where anecdotal information continues to be a major constraint to sector planning. Without a firm evidence base, the sector has not been able to institute policy changes and provide a framework through which interventions can be designed. Performance tracking, transparency and accountability remain weak without compelling cases based on credible information. This paper explores opportunities created by RWIMS, a mobile to web based database, which brought reforms in the management of sector information and attempted to address the practical issues that sector practioners grapple with in their quest to provide services that last. Specifically, it lays out the opportunities that the system has created in addressing a perennial national challenge of improving O&M of rural water points riding on the penetration of mobile technology in rural Zimbabwe.

History

School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Research Unit

  • Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

Published in

WEDC Conference

Citation

DHOBA, L., NYAWASHA, A. and NYAMURANGA, S., 2017. Strengthening WASH sector monitoring through the use of ICTs: experiences from Zimbabwe's rural WASH information management system (RWIMS). 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 2769, 6pp.

Publisher

© WEDC, Loughborough University

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2017

Notes

This is a conference paper.

Other identifier

WEDC_ID:22650

Language

  • en

Usage metrics

    WEDC 40th International Conference

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC