City sanitation planning through a political economy lens
While citywide sanitation planning is perceived to be an enabler of coordinated improvements in sanitation services for developing countries, intended outcomes have often been elusive. In order to illustrate how political economy, chosen planning approaches, and ideas about change and development ha...
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| description | While citywide sanitation planning is perceived to be an enabler of coordinated improvements in sanitation services for developing countries, intended outcomes have often been elusive. In order to illustrate how political economy, chosen planning approaches, and ideas about change and development have acted as determinants of outcomes, this paper draws on three case study countries that took qualitatively different approaches to sanitation planning – Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. The analysis found that the assumptions informing the planning methods were often not valid, which then undermined the potential for successful implementation. Based on the analysis, the paper argues that urban sanitation planning and implementation in developing countries needs to be transformed to reduce the emphasis on comprehensiveness and instead emphasise flexibility, a learning orientation and strategically chosen incentives. This approach demands tighter cycles of planning and action, direct testing of assumptions, and an in-depth understanding of the local- and national-level political economy and the links between them. It requires innovation to be enabled, with funding mechanisms that focus on outcome rather than input. In this way it would be possible to shift away from the typical emphasis on prescriptive procedural planning steps and towards delivery of the much-needed improved sanitation outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-338ae2e66c1b4512b01eba9dd70e25752022-12-21T22:12:33ZengWater Alternatives AssociationWater Alternatives1965-01751965-01752019-10-01123907929City sanitation planning through a political economy lensKumi Abeysuriya0Juliet Willetts1Naomi Carrard2Antoinette Kome3University of Technology SydneyUniversity of Technology SydneyUniversity of Technology SydneySNV Netherlands Development Organisation, The HagueWhile citywide sanitation planning is perceived to be an enabler of coordinated improvements in sanitation services for developing countries, intended outcomes have often been elusive. In order to illustrate how political economy, chosen planning approaches, and ideas about change and development have acted as determinants of outcomes, this paper draws on three case study countries that took qualitatively different approaches to sanitation planning – Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. The analysis found that the assumptions informing the planning methods were often not valid, which then undermined the potential for successful implementation. Based on the analysis, the paper argues that urban sanitation planning and implementation in developing countries needs to be transformed to reduce the emphasis on comprehensiveness and instead emphasise flexibility, a learning orientation and strategically chosen incentives. This approach demands tighter cycles of planning and action, direct testing of assumptions, and an in-depth understanding of the local- and national-level political economy and the links between them. It requires innovation to be enabled, with funding mechanisms that focus on outcome rather than input. In this way it would be possible to shift away from the typical emphasis on prescriptive procedural planning steps and towards delivery of the much-needed improved sanitation outcomes.http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/volume-12/v12issue3/548-a12-3-4/fileUrban sanitationsanitation planningpolitical economydeveloping countriesSoutheast Asia |
| spellingShingle | Kumi Abeysuriya Juliet Willetts Naomi Carrard Antoinette Kome City sanitation planning through a political economy lens Water Alternatives Urban sanitation sanitation planning political economy developing countries Southeast Asia |
| title | City sanitation planning through a political economy lens |
| title_full | City sanitation planning through a political economy lens |
| title_fullStr | City sanitation planning through a political economy lens |
| title_full_unstemmed | City sanitation planning through a political economy lens |
| title_short | City sanitation planning through a political economy lens |
| title_sort | city sanitation planning through a political economy lens |
| topic | Urban sanitation sanitation planning political economy developing countries Southeast Asia |
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