Monitoring Policy and Sector National Reform to

Accelerate and Sustain Access to Improved Rural Sanitation

April 2013 • Eddy Perez

• Partnership with governments in India, Indonesia, Tanzania

• Start at Scale – use as learning laboratory to gain evidence to

reform policies, sectors and practices

• Government owned and led

• Technical support from WSP

• Strong explicit learning component and knowledge

management

Global Learning Project (2007 – 2012)

Learning=>Knowledge => Action

Strengthen Enabling

Environment

Generate Demand for Improved Sanitation

Strengthen Supply

Learning and Knowledge

Core components of theory of change

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What do we Mean by Scaling Up?

Source: adapted from Antoinette Kome, SNV

Monitoring the Development

of an Enabling Environment for a

Government Led Scaling Up Rural

Sanitation Programs in

India, Indonesia and Tanzania

This Presentation will describe and discuss:

Strengthen the Enabling Environment:

Eight Key Components

Financing and Incentives

This dimension assesses the adequacy of

arrangements for financing the programmatic

costs. These costs include training, staff

salaries, transportation, office equipment and

supplies, and the development of

communication and education materials as

well as line items in budgets for program and

promotion activities.

Example of Indicators for Components

Baseline assessment in 2007

TA action plan to address

weaknesses based on assessment

Large Scale pilot as learning

laboratory

Endline assessment in 2010

Monitoring and strengthening

enabling environment continuing

>2010

Institutional Arrangements - Tanzania

National lead institution identified

for Rural sanitation

Roles and Responsibilities for

sanitation are clear

Coordination mechanisms are

established

Dedicated budget lines

Clear operational structure and

capacity

Availability of Sanitation Products and

Services - Indonesia

Products and services respond to

consumer preferences

Improved supply chain

Products available and affordable

for all economic categories of

consumers

Products available with

appropriate marketing and quality

assurance controls

Innovative products and services

developed

Cost-Effective Implementation - Himachal

Pradesh, India

Awareness of cost-effectiveness

implementation taking place

Cost-Effective assessment

system in place

Cost-effective assessment

capacity in place

[some] Cost data collected,

analyzed, and utilized

[some] Cost-effectiveness data

used for future rural sanitation

planning

Program Methodology - Madhya

Pradesh, India

Demand led programmatic

approach establish (by National

Government)

Program methodology adopted by

State government

[some] Programmatic approach

adopted by local governments

Demand led programmatic

methodology implemented

Baseline and Endline Assessment for Rural

Sanitation Sector in India, Indonesia and Tanzania

Progress Was Made

Monitoring the Enabling Environment

So What?

East JavaRural Population

19,918,491

Evidenced Based Learning Laboratory For Sanitation

Service Delivery to Feed into Policies and Practices

Enabling Environment At National and

Provincial Government Was Strengthened

Rate of increase in access in Rural Sanitation

in East Java was Accelerated by over 3%

Proportion of HHs

have access to

improved sanitation

Average yearly

increase

1993-2008

Average yearly

increase

2009 - 2011

Rural 1.42% 4.85%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 2055 2060 2065 2070 2075 2080 2085

% o

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Current Trend of

0.87% per year

Accelerated Trend

of 3.0% per year

Accelerated Trend

of 2.0% per year

Source: Joint Monitoring Program

20802030

MDG Target

2040

Current and hypothetical rates of sanitation access increase in Rural Indonesia

Acceleration of Access in Indonesia

Horizontal Scaling: Graphic Expansion

to More Similar Areas

Central Java 18,155,819

West Java 14,840,945

West Nusa Tenggara 2,683,713

Bali 1,554,590

East Java 19,918,491

Government Scaling Up to

31 Province

Horizontal Scaling: Graphic Expansion

to More Similar Areas

Selected Learnings

Countries/States with the strongest enabling environment at

endline made the most progress in terms of increasing access to

improved sanitation and stopping open defecation.

Real time monitoring of the enabling environment helped identify

bottlenecks that needed be addressed at the national policy and

sector level – resulting in strengthening the enabling environment

Key Take-Away Messages

A solid methodology for carrying out a comprehensive assessment

and ongoing monitoring of the enabling environment exists and is

now being used in multiple countries

A strong enabling environment is key for a sustainable sanitation

program that will enable governments to accelerate access to

improved sanitation.

For more information:

wsp.org

@WSPworldbank

This presentation was based on the WSP

Working Paper, Policy and Sector Reform

to Accelerate Access to Improved Rural

Sanitation.

Printed copies of the report are available today at

the publications table, and at the World

Bank/WSP Exhibition Booth (BO1:18).

Download the PDF at wsp.org