Water and Sanitation Program - Pakistan

Syeda Maheen Zehra

February 18 2013 NCRD

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Pakistan at a glancePopulation

173 million

Poverty line

36% < $ 1.25

Access to Water

92%

Urban 95%

Rural 91%

Access to Sanitation

78%

Urban 98%

Rural 67%

Complex and contested governance -18th constitutional amendment

Emergence of new institutional structures Catastrophes – Floods damage of US$ 9 billion Security crisis – FATA Government spends < 0.2% of GDP on WSS

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Water

Urban sprawl is reducing % household connections despite investments

% household connections are steadily increasing but are deplorably low

• Pakistan is on its way to meet MDGs• Quantity is not the problem – QUALITY

is!• <25% receive safe water and 200,000

children die each year due to water related diseases

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Sanitation

Baluchis-tan

Sindh NWFP Punjab Pakistan

Flush NaN 25 55 52 64 58

Non-Flush NaN 52 30 17 5 15

No Toilets NaN 23 15 31 31 27

Acces to Toi-lets

NaN 73 85 69 69 73

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45

65

85

Over All Latrine CoveragePSLM 2006-07

Health costs Water costs

Other welfare Tourism

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$ 5.8 billion

$ 262 million$ 374 million

$ 88 million

Total economic cost of poor sanitation for the year 2006 was estimated as 395.34 billion PKR (6.449 billion USD) which is equivalent to 4.53% of GDP in Pakistan

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WSP is an international partnership administered by the World Bank with 30 years of experience

WSP provides technical assistance, policy advice, and capacity building in over 24 countries to improve access to water and sanitation services for the poor.

Operates globally with regional offices in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South Asia.

WSP Overview

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The 6 Global Business Areas

1. Scaling up rural sanitation and hygiene

2. Creating Sustainable Services through DPSP

3. Supporting poor-inclusive WSS sector reform

4. Targeting the urban poor and improving services in small towns

5. Mitigating and adapting WSS delivery to climate change impacts

6. Delivering WSS services in fragile states2

WSP may not only be seen as a water and sanitation organization but we are very much

into governance and accountability

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WSP in Pakistan

WSP is a sector-level policy advisory unit:• As a think-tank, we provide evidence based advice on sector

reforms

• As a partnership platform, we seek to create links between

organizations

• Demand responsive & strategic engagement

We bring a holistic view of WSS sector: “Fix the

institutions that fix the pipes”

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WSP and Rural Water and Sanitation

Undertaking initiatives that are primarily focused on women e.g. community led total sanitation (CLTS)

Providing training to government agencies and service providers

Providing training to and facilitating peer learning amongst community groups

Piloting innovative approaches for social mobilization with a focus on women’s special needs e.g. barefoot consultants

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Story of Lakshmi

Community Activist in Sumaro

Trained for triggering Open Defecation Free Behavior

Earning 5000 rupees a month as a barefoot consultant for TRDP

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End note….WSP holds CLTS conclave where community actors who have contributed to make their villages open defecation free were rewarded – not surprisingly women claimed a high share of rewards

750,000 people in over 670 villages in

Pakistan are no longer exposed to the indiscriminate disposal of human

excreta.