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Assessing rural water supply investments in Tanzania
A deep dive into the challenges around the sustainability of rural water supply infrastructure
Focus areas
Key team members
Key underlying factors for the challenges around the sustainability of rural water supply infrastructure can be found in the lack of robust data; the lack of information management systems to inform planning and budgeting; and lack of clarity around unit costs; and a lack of tools for decision makers.
In 2016, DfID Tanzania contracted IRC Consult to carry out a comprehensive value-for-money (VFM) assessment that would consider expenditure against targets, and to carry out a life-cycle-cost-assessment (LCCA) that would establish the costs associated with each stage in the delivery and operation of rural water supply.
Our services included
- The development of a checklist for the information required to conduct a value-for-money and life-cycle cost assessments, indicating data requirements;
- Conducting data collection, analysis and synthesis;
- Field visits and key stakeholder interviews at national and local government levels;
- Conducting community level surveys;
- Development of value-for-money case studies;
- Project management, financial control and supervision, administration, and report writing.
Key underlying factors for the challenges around the sustainability of rural water supply infrastructure can be found in the lack of robust data; the lack of information management systems to inform planning and budgeting; and lack of clarity around unit costs; and a lack of tools for decision makers.
In 2016, DfID Tanzania contracted IRC Consult to carry out a comprehensive value-for-money (VFM) assessment that would consider expenditure against targets, and to carry out a life-cycle-cost-assessment (LCCA) that would establish the costs associated with each stage in the delivery and operation of rural water supply.
Our services included
- The development of a checklist for the information required to conduct a value-for-money and life-cycle cost assessments, indicating data requirements;
- Conducting data collection, analysis and synthesis;
- Field visits and key stakeholder interviews at national and local government levels;
- Conducting community level surveys;
- Development of value-for-money case studies;
- Project management, financial control and supervision, administration, and report writing.