Results
There is reasonably wide recognition of the potential merits of multiple use water services (MUS) in Ethiopia as a result of innovation by NGOs and advocacy by research institutes. The acronym ‘MUS’ is itself increasingly a part of the sector discourse and interest in MUS is on the rise given the growing awareness that food insecurity and water insecurity are related. However, MUS interventions and modalities have generally not been scaled up widely in the country. This seems largely due to the same barriers that MUS faces elsewhere: the conventional institutional structuring of water policies, water services implementation programs, and professional disciplines into fragmented, parallel operating ‘vertical’ sectors of single water uses such as rural water supply and agriculture. Three best-bet opportunity areas are identifed for taking MUS forward. In addition, there is an opportunity for a learning network on MUS focusing on policy and practice in Ethiopia to learn from and leverage the activities of various partners.
This scoping study offers implementable recommendations for investment opportunities in multiple use water services in Ghana. The report is based on an assessment of existing MUS modalities and innovations, potential for implementation and possible barriers. The study shows that MUS is a de facto practice both in formal domestic and irrigation service delivery, complemented by self-supply initiatives. Moving from de facto multiple use practices to a more planned and structured MUS approach can be done from various entry-points. Based on risk assessments, this study concludes that domestic-plus, rehabilitation of small reservoirs and self-supply for irrigation present the best direct investment opportunities for maximum impact.
Global MUS innovation is most advanced in Nepal. In the middle hills, two robust MUS modalities have been conceptualized and implemented at certain scale. Two other potentials for scaling MUS were identified that need to be explored in further depth. Opportunities and barriers for each of these four entry points are identified and discussed. Scaling pathways to overcome these are also described in this report.
This study assesses the barriers and potentials for scaling MUS in Tanzania. It identifies pathways to overcome the water sector’s compartmentalization according to single water uses. Interviews with key stakeholders and literature review identified significant potentials for scaling MUS in Tanzania from five entry points. As MUS is about cross-sectoral dialogue and gradual change from many entry points that all contribute to an overall vision, it is proposed to implement these changes through a national MUS learning alliance of key stakeholders, including development partners.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of the Government of India provides a legal guarantee for 100 days of employment per year to adult members of any rural household willing to undertake public works at the prescribed minimum wages. Studies suggest that well over half of the assets created under Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MG-NREGS) are water-related and that while a significant proportion among these were possibly designed for single-use but de facto multiple use structures. Given its emphasis on decentralized, participatory planning processes, MG-NREGS may be viewed as the world’s largest laboratory for community-based MUS. This country-report focuses on exploring investment opportunities for the Rockefeller Foundation in the context of scaling up community-based MUS through MG-NREGS.
The guidelines, compiled by the MUS Group with support from IFAD and SDC, give step-by-step guidance on planning and providing multiple-use water services and on creating an enabling environment at intermediate and national level. It includes a reference guide to tools that can be used by organisations supporting and facilitating the provision of multiple-use water services in various context from different entry-points.
The purpose of this study was to guide prospective investments in the water sector by
- assessing the relative costs, benefits and poverty impacts of multiple-use approaches over single-use approaches
- evaluating the potential market for multiple-use approaches focusing on South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
The study findings suggest that while multiple-use services cost more than single-use services, they do offer significant advantages in that they have greater potential to:
- generate more income and benefits
- decrease vulnerability
- more effectively reduce poverty
- Increase sustainability of services
The estimated potential beneficiaries from multiple use investments according this studies is over 1 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
The purpose of this study was to guide prospective investments in the water sector by
- assessing the relative costs, benefits and poverty impacts of multiple-use approaches over single-use approaches
- evaluating the potential market for multiple-use approaches focusing on South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
The study findings suggest that while multiple-use services cost more than single-use services, they do offer significant advantages in that they have greater potential to:
- generate more income and benefits
- decrease vulnerability
- more effectively reduce poverty
- Increase sustainability of services
The estimated potential beneficiaries from multiple use investments according this studies is over 1 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
The purpose of this study was to guide prospective investments in the water sector by
- assessing the relative costs, benefits and poverty impacts of multiple-use approaches over single-use approaches
- evaluating the potential market for multiple-use approaches focusing on South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
The study findings suggest that while multiple-use services cost more than single-use services, they do offer significant advantages in that they have greater potential to:
- generate more income and benefits
- decrease vulnerability
- more effectively reduce poverty
- Increase sustainability of services
The estimated potential beneficiaries from multiple use investments according this studies is over 1 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
The purpose of this study was to guide prospective investments in the water sector by
- assessing the relative costs, benefits and poverty impacts of multiple-use approaches over single-use approaches
- evaluating the potential market for multiple-use approaches focusing on South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
The study findings suggest that while multiple-use services cost more than single-use services, they do offer significant advantages in that they have greater potential to:
- generate more income and benefits
- decrease vulnerability
- more effectively reduce poverty
- Increase sustainability of services
The estimated potential beneficiaries from multiple use investments according this studies is over 1 billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
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