Tag Archive | Indonesia
Netherlands: water escapes ODA cuts in 2012
The Netherlands will increase overseas development aid (ODA) in the water sector next year despite an overall cut of € 958 million in ODA. Total spending for integrated water resources management (IWRM), water and sanitation in 2012 will amount to € 181 million, which is € 54 million more than in 2011. This represents an […]
Indonesia, Jakarta: struggling to provide clean water to all
Like many big cities in the developing world, the city of Jakarta, with a population of nine million people, is struggling to provide clean water to all its residents. In some poor neighborhoods international organizations like Mercy Corps and its Communal Master Meter project (small community-managed piped water system), are trying to help. Some 55 […]
WHO publishes workshop reports on costing of drinking water systems
As part of the on-going work on the economics of water and sanitation, Water Sanitation and Health (WSH) of the World Health Organization (WHO) has published the reports of two workshops that were held in Khon Kaen (Thailand) [1] and Luang Prabang (Lao PDR) [2] in 2008 on the Practical Manual for Costing Improved Drinking-water […]
Making decentralisation work for development: methodology of the local government performance measurement (LGPM) framework
Ludwig-Maaroof, J. … [et al.] (2008). Making decentralisation work for development: methodology of the local government performance measurement (LGPM) framework. Jakarta, Indonesia, Decentralization Support Facility and World Bank. vi, 33 p. Download PDF file Indonesia has been transformed from a highly centralised country into one of the most decentralised countries. Since 2001, local governments (LGs) […]
Ability to pay: the challenge of piped water and sanitation in rural Indonesia
Like many villages in Madiun District, East Java Province, Geger [...] for years lacked piped water or adequate sanitation facilities. While the water problem was partly addressed by installing wells, the issue of adequate sanitation remained a concern. A stream that snakes through the village served as a natural latrine, with the downstream current relied […]
Indonesia: Poor Sanitation Still Causes Heavy Health and Economic Losses
The economic costs of poor hygiene and sanitation in Indonesia reached an estimated US$6.3 billion, or 2.3 percent of GDP in 2006, according to a new report today released by the Water and Sanitation Program. The study, Economics Impacts of Sanitation in Indonesia, finds that the lack of access to sanitation poses heavy financial and […]
