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Abstract
This paper explores the extent to which Malawi’s national water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) sector programmes align with the lived realities of Malawian people through interviews, observations and a review of secondary documents. Significant progress is unquestionably being made, but there are dangers in momentary achievements being romanticized, and under-capacity in shaping cultural practices, investing and maintaining longevity and sustainability of available infrastructures. We argue that managing the sector towards statistical summaries serves to confound well-intentioned governance frameworks and compliance regimes ultimately leaving behind a large proportion of the population without access to basic drinking water or improved sanitation.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | International Journal of Water Resources Development |
Early online date | 14 Apr 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 14 Apr 2021 |
Keywords
- access inequality
- Malawi
- MDGs/SDGs
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- WaSH
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa: Understanding Policy and Practice (WaSH-UPP)
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
16/08/18 → 15/08/20
Project: Research