Self-supply acceleration in Ethiopia
26 June 2013
Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia2
Donor: we didn’t support this did we?
Prog. Officer: no this is Self-supply Prog. Officer: this is
one of the community schemes we funded
Donor: lets go back…what could be done to improve this supply?
Prog. Officer: when the pumps don’t work people go to the river
Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia3
Self-supply: Improvement to water supplies developed largely or wholly through user investment usually at household level
Self-supply ladder
Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia4
Unprotected
Semi-protected
Rope pump
Motorised pump
Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia5
Self-supply acceleration
Financing
Creating demand
Ensuring supply
Enabling environment
Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia6
Households
Government/donors
Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia7
Public investment per
capita USDAverage (range)
Private investment leveraged
(USD per USD public
investment)
Self-supply acceleration (7 programmes in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda)
8 (2-20) 1.9 (0.2-4)
Community water supply (2 programmes Zambia, Uganda)
39 (35-45) 0.025 (0.001-0.05)
Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia8
• Competition• Conflicts
• 100% coverage• Sustainability• Climate
resilience
