Risky responsibilities for rural drinking water institutions: The case of unregulated self-supply in Bangladesh

This article identifies the unintentional consequences of reallocating management responsibility away from government agencies towards households

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 September 2020
Country:
Bangladesh
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Water and Sanitation
Authors:
Fischer, A, Hope, R, Manandhar, A, Hoque, S

Abstract

By considering how infrastructure, information, and institutional systems evolved in Bangladesh, this article identifies the unintentional consequences of reallocating management responsibility for rural water services away from government agencies towards individuals and households.

This work is part of the ‘REACH Improving Water Security for the Poor’ programme

Citation

Alex Fischer, Rob Hope, Achut Manandhar, Sonia Hoque, Tim Foster, Adnan Hakim, Md. Sirajul Islam, David Bradley, Risky responsibilities for rural drinking water institutions: The case of unregulated self-supply in Bangladesh, Global Environmental Change, Volume 65, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102152.

Risky responsibilities for rural drinking water institutions: The case of unregulated self-supply in Bangladesh

Published 1 September 2020
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