Doctoral School Sustainable Development II - Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Access to Safe Water: Case of Rural Uganda
Abstract
Water is central to human health and dignity “Not having access” to water is a form of deprivation that threatens life, destroys opportunity and undermines human dignity. There are at least 1.1 billion people across the world that do not have access to safe drinking water the majority of whom live in rural areas of the developing world. Effective water resources governance is critical for promoting and supporting sustainable access to safe water and achieving equity as an integral part of poverty reduction in developing countries.Despite of its effects on sustainable and effective governance,local stakeholders participation in service delivery and management of crucial resources like water is not well understood and documented at different levels (community,regional and national) particularly in the area of access to, and management of safe water systems in Uganda. It is in this context that this study seeks to interrogate the role played by local stakeholders and women participation for the effective supply of the common resource of drinking water in rural Uganda. The study will specifically analyse, the influence of shifting institutional frameworks (supply-driven to demand-driven) on local stakeholders participation in decision making and management of safe water supply with specific reference to women, the challenges impeding local stakeholders participation and suggestions how local water governance can be enhanced by local water users´ communities. The ultimate goal of this transdisciplinary thesis project is to contribute to the knowledge on local institutions for sustainable water management in a financially constrained environment like Uganda.
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Marianne Penker
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Marianne Penker
marianne.penker@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73115
BOKU Project Leader
31.10.2011 - 31.08.2014