Africa
Pathways to Progress: Status of Water and Sanitation in Africa
25 Jan 12
The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) commissioned an update of Country Status Overviews (CSOs) on water supply and sanitation first published in 2006. The World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), and the African Development Bank implemented this task in close partnership with UNICEF, WHO, and the governments of 32 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The result was a full synthesis report, Pathways to Progress: Transitioning to Country-Led Service Delivery Pathways to Meet Africa’s Water Supply and Sanitation Targets and individual country reports of which the following were available as of January 2012:
Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic,Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Africa water atlas
08 Dec 10
This Atlas shows Africa’s endowment and use of water resources. It gathers information about water in Africa and its role in the economy and development, health, food security, transboundary cooperation, capacity building and environmental change.
Wikipedia: Water supply and sanitation by country
25 Jan 12
The countries covered so far include: Benin, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Mozambique, Morocco, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Southern Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia. Articles describe institutional and financial aspects of water supply and sanitation sectors (inputs), as well as the benefits provided to users (outputs). Articles use a similar structure in order to facilitate comparisons. Articles focus on access, water use, service quality, institutional responsibility (service provision, policy and regulation, past changes in the institutional structure and recent developments), tariffs, cost recovery, investments and financing.
WSSCC country pages
19 Mar 09
Country pages by the Water and Sanitation Collaborative Council providing information on the WASH coalitions and their contact persons, as well as other WASH initiatives per country. Includes countries from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe.The Council focuses on regional and national level advocacy and coalition building for increased action, collaboration and political will for WASH issues.
Status review of sixteen African countries (large PDF file!)
20 Aug 08
Getting Africa on track to meet the MDGS on water and sanitation : a status review of sixteen African countries by AMCOW et al. (2006)
Overview of Benin, Burkina Faso, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Read more for reference info and short description
WELL Country Notes
22 Feb 07
Country Notes prepared by partners of WELL resource centre for water, sanitation and environmental health. So far country notes are included on East Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and India. Each Note takes up specific national and regional themes and issues around some of the topics of the WELL global Briefing Notes: the MDGs on poverty, education, child health, gender, HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, and capacity building.
UNICEF WES country profiles
20 Dec 10
One page country profiles from 2005, including a summary of the water and sanitation status and coverage in some of the countries where UNICEF works, and information on UNICEF's sector support programmes. Developed by the Water, Environment and Sanitation (WES) section of UNICEF.
Repertoire des personnes et organismes ressources du pS-Eau
22 Feb 07
Provides contact details of organisations and individuals in the water sector worldwide (in French).
Africa South of Sahara
04 Jul 03
InterWATER contact details and short descriptions of water and sanitation sector organisations based in Africa.
