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Watering white elephants?: lessons from donor funded planning and implementation of rural water supplies in Tanzania
The Nordic Africa Institute.
1988 (English)Book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The book presents five case studies on various donor approaches to the preparation of long-term regional water supply plans in Tanzania and their subsequent implementation (Denmark, Finland, Holland, Sweden and the World Bank). The donor approaches tend to be welfare and control oriented, although to varying degrees. They have been characterized by extensive data collection; detailed pre-implementation planning; none or limited participation of beneficiaries; emphasis on fast implementation of new schemes; and donor bypassing Tanzanian organizations. This has significantly contributed to the non-use of donor-prepared long-term plans, and the non-substainability of donor-financed water schemes.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala ; Copenhagen: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet ; Centre for Development Research , 1988. , p. 224
Series
Centre for Development Research. Publications ; 7
Keywords [en]
Tanzania; East Africa; Rural areas; Water supply; Development aid; Aid evaluation
National Category
Social Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-655ISBN: 91-7106-268-8 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nai-655DiVA, id: diva2:277661
Note

Contents: Preface -- 1. Summary -- Part One: Context -- 2. The Rural Water Sector: Context and Problems -- 3. Planning and Implementation Approaches -- Part Two: Case Studies -- 4. The Turnkey Approach: The Finns in Mtwara Lindi Regions -- 5. The Turnkey Approach with Salesman´s Touch: The Dutch in Morogoro Region -- 6. The Pre-Preplanning “Approach”-- 7. The Project Cycle Approach -- 8. The Village-by-Village “Approach” -- Part Three: Interpretations -- 9. Achievements and Failures of Control-Oriented -- 9.1 Classification of Case Studies -- 9.2 Achievements and Failures -- 9.3 Persistence of Control Orientation -- 10. Limits of Control-Oriented Planning and Implementation -- Part Four: Alternatives -- 11. Rural Water Supply Development Through Experiments and Learning -- 12. The Adaptive Approach to Planning and Implementation of rural Water Supply Development in Tanzania 

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