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New Approach to Water Supply in Developing Countries

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  • ADETOYE FANIRAN

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The supply of adequate water is cited as one of the major challenges to governments in developing countries, mainly because communities in many countries have come to depend almost entirely upon governments for the provision of that vital resource. Some reasons for poor performance of government water supply projects are given. Recent developments at the Federal level in Nigeria, which should substantially improve the domestic water supply situation, are described. It is suggested that governments will have to change their practice of concentrating on large‐scale schemes to one of undertaking several small‐scale schemes simultaneously through the pooling of government and local, especially community self‐help, resources. L'un des principaux problèmes que rencontrent les gouvernements des pays en développement est celui de l'alimentation en eau en quantité suffisantes car les collectivités dans de nombreux pays en sont arrivées à dépendre presqu'entièrement du gouvernement pour l'approvisionnement de cette ressource vitale. Cet article donne quelquesunes des raisons qui peuvent expliquer les maigres résultats obtenus par un gouvernement lorsqu'il s'agit de projets d'alimentation en eau. Il relate des travaux récents entrepris au niveau fédéral au Nigéia et qui devraient améliorer de manière substantielle l'alimentation en eau des foyers domestiques. Il est suggéré que les gouvernements devraient modifier leur politique qui consiste à ne s'intéresser qu'à des projets de grande dimension pour réaliser de manière simultanée plusieurs projets à petite échelle en mettant en commun les moyens gouvernementaux et locaux et, plus spécialement, l'aide que peuvent apporter les communautés. El suministro suficiente de agua es considerado como uno de los desafíos mayores para los gobiernos de los países en desarrollo, debido a que en la mayoría de estos países las comunidades dependen casi enteramente en el gobierno para el suministro de este recurso tan vital. Se señalan algunas causas de la acción deficiente del gobierno en los proyectos de suministro de agua. Se describen desarrollos recientes a nivel federal en Nigeria los que posiblemente mejorarán sustancialmente el suministro doméstico de agua. Se sugiere que los gobiernos tienen que cambiar la práctica de concentrarse en esquemas de gran envergadura hacia el desarrollo de proyectos de pequéna escala aprovechando simultaneamente recursos del gobierno nacional, local y, especialmente, la participación de los consumidores.

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  • Adetoye Faniran, 1983. "New Approach to Water Supply in Developing Countries," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 7(3), pages 271-275, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:7:y:1983:i:3:p:271-275
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1983.tb00268.x
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