Post-construction support and sustainability in community-managed rural water supply : case studies in Peru, Bolivia, and Ghana / Alexander Bakalian and Wendy Wakeman, editors.

“June 2009”.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Abbreviation and acronyms—Acknowledgements—Executive summary—Chapter 1 : introduction—Chapter 2 : post-construction support and sustainability in rural drinking water projects in Cuzco, PERU—Chapter 3 : sustaining the benefits of rural water supply investments : experience in Cochabamba and Chuquisaca, Bolivia—Chapter 4 : post-construction support and the sustainability of rural water projects in Ghana—Chapter 5 : conclusions and lessons learned—References.

Summary: “This volume reports the main finding from a multi-country research project that was designed to develop a better understanding of how rural water supply systems are performing in developing countries. We began the research in 2004 to investigate how the provision of support to communities after the construction of a rural water supply project affected project performance in the medium term. We collected information from households, village water committees, focus groups of village residents, system operators, and key informants in 400 rural communities in Bolivia, Ghana, and Peru; in total, we discussed community water supply issues with approximately 10,000 individuals in these communities…”—(p. xiii).