WHAT ARE JOINT SECTOR

REVIEWS AND WHY DO THEY

MATTER? I L L U S T R AT E D B Y S T O R I E S F RO M

A RO U N D T H E W O R L D P R E S E N T A T I O N G I V E N A T T H E A G U A S A N W O R K S H O P ,

S P I E Z , S W I T Z E R L A N D O N 2 6 J U N E 2 0 1 8

Dr Kerstin Danert

kerstin.danert@skat.ch

http://skat.ch/portfolio-item/learning-note-on-evidence-on-the-effectiveness-of-joint-

sector-reviews-in-fragile-states/

WHY ARE JOINT SECTOR REVIEWS NEEDED FOR WASH?

.... because of the donors and many foreign actors

government fragmentation is unmanageable for the donors

to help find our what others are doing; those isolated come together and

can compare

to shed light on innovative and promising approaches by NGOs

before, NGOs blamed government

as a platform to discuss and understand each other and discuss properly

VALUE OF THE JSR PROCESS TO STAKEHOLDERS IN NEPAL, Danert and Karki (2015)

THE J OINT SECTOR REVIEW

P ROCESS – A VISUAL CHECKL IST

Urban water

supply &

regulations

Rural water

supply &

regulation

Rural

sanitation &

regulation

Hygiene

Wastewater,

sewerage &

regulation

Water quality

and pollution

monitoring &

regulation

Agriculture/

Water for

Production

Water for

industry &

energy

Water

resources

monitoring &

regulation

Drought

management

Water for

nature

Drainage and

flood control

Urban

sanitation &

regulation

WASH-related

health impacts

Climate

change

monitoring &

disaster risk

reduction

Solid waste

management &

regulation

WASH in

schools

WASH in health

centres

Trans-

boundary

Resources

Ecosystems

services

Agreed scope,

objectives ToR

Sector

Performance

Report

Field visits or

verification of

reports

Pre-Gathering

papers

Post-

Gathering

report & public

summary in

newspapers

Binding

Commitments/

Undertakings

Regular cycle

(annual/

biennial)

Financial and

activity reports

from public

bodies

News

media invited

to JSR

Gathering

Agreed targets

and indicators

JSR Gathering

(0.5-3 days)

Mid-term

review event

Documents

published

online

Evidence open

to academic

scrutiny

Setting priority

actions

Training &

capacity

development

Donor/

Development

Partner Written

Response

Civil Society /

NGO written

response

List of

attendees

Stakeholder

coordination &

reporting

Publicity

(language,

content,

medium)

Transport &

comms costs

Presentation

and debating

skills

Staff time

costs

Secretariat

with control of

budget and

organisation

Report writing

& editing skills

Leadership of

the JSR

process

Data collation,

GIS & analysis

expertise

Event

facilitation

skills

Venue –

suitable for

200-400

people

Finance

Coordination,

harmonisation

& alignment

Legal & Policy

framework

Staffing &

human

resources

Human Right

to water &

sanitationGender,

disabled

accessibility,

marginalised

groups

Sector

Monitoring

Framework

Wider

context of

implementation

stakeholders & reporting

National

programmeSector coordination mechanism

Donor or development

partner working group

NGO coordination or network

WASH

cluster

Wider context of activities

and processes

Private

sector

associations

Water user

associations

Water Resources

IWRM

JSR Activities

& Processes

Institutional

Themes

Water, Sanitation &

Hygiene (WASH)

JSR Documentation

Logistics, Skills &

Resources

Census

National

surveys

Water

supply

inventory

Groundwater

& Surface

water

databases

Regulation

Global /

remote

sensing

databases

Project and

programme

reports

Academic

research

Political

leaders

National

government

agencies

Donor

agencies

Local

government

agencies

Private

sector

CSOs,

NGOs,

iNGOs

National

programme

Agency

projects

System

management

Utility

management

Reforms

Training

Self-supply

Citizens

Research &

training

organisations

Evaluation

Reports

Sector

planning

framework

Sector

strategy

Water act

or law

Water

policy

Local

government

reporting

Sector

agreement

Joint

assistance

strategy

Sector

investment

plan

Medium

term

expenditure

framework

General

budget

support

Sector

budget

support

Sector Wide

Approach

(SWAp) Planning &

budgeting

cycle

National

government

reporting

Wider context of

laws and policies

National

constitution

Local

development

initiatives

Urban water

supply &

regulations

Rural water

supply &

regulation

Rural

sanitation &

regulation

Hygiene

Wastewater,

sewerage &

regulation

Water quality

and pollution

monitoring &

regulation

Agriculture/

Water for

Production

Water for

industry &

energy

Water

resources

monitoring &

regulation

Drought

management

Water for

nature

Drainage and

flood control

Urban

sanitation &

regulation

WASH-related

health impacts

Climate

change

monitoring &

disaster risk

reduction

Solid waste

management &

regulation

WASH in

schools

WASH in health

centres

Trans-

boundary

Resources

Ecosystems

services

Agreed scope,

objectives ToR

Sector

Performance

Report

Field visits or

verification of

reports

Pre-Gathering

papers

Post-

Gathering

report & public

summary in

newspapers

Binding

Commitments/

Undertakings

Regular cycle

(annual/

biennial)

Financial and

activity reports

from public

bodies

News

media invited

to JSR

Gathering

Agreed targets

and indicators

JSR Gathering

(0.5-3 days)

Mid-term

review event

Documents

published

online

Evidence open

to academic

scrutiny

Setting priority

actions

Training &

capacity

development

Donor/

Development

Partner Written

Response

Civil Society /

NGO written

response

List of

attendees

Stakeholder

coordination &

reporting

Publicity

(language,

content,

medium)

Transport &

comms costs

Presentation

and debating

skills

Staff time

costs

Secretariat

with control of

budget and

organisation

Report writing

& editing skills

Leadership of

the JSR

process

Data collation,

GIS & analysis

expertise

Event

facilitation

skills

Venue –

suitable for

200-400

people

Finance

Coordination,

harmonisation

& alignment

Legal & Policy

framework

Staffing &

human

resources

Human Right

to water &

sanitationGender,

disabled

accessibility,

marginalised

groups

Sector

monitoring

framework

Wider

context of

implementation

stakeholders & reporting

National

programmeSector coordination mechanism

Donor or development

partner working group

NGO coordination or network

WASH

cluster

Wider context of activities

and processes

Private

sector

associations

Water user

associations

Water Resources

IWRM

JSR Activities

& ProcessesInstitutional

Themes

Water, Sanitation &

Hygiene (WASH)

JSR documentation

Logistics, Skills &

Resources

Census

National

surveys

Water

supply

inventory

Groundwater

& Surface

water

databases

Regulation

Global /

remote

sensing

databases

Project and

programme

reports

Academic

research

Political

leaders

National

government

agencies

Donor

agencies

Local

government

agencies

Private

sector

CSOs,

NGOs,

iNGOs

National

programme

Agency

projects

System

management

Utility

management

Reforms

Training

Self-supply

Citizens

Research &

training

organisations

Evaluation

Reports

Sector

planning

framework

Sector

strategy

Water act

or law

Water

policy

Local

government

reporting

Sector

agreement

Joint

assistance

strategy

Sector

investment

plan

Medium

term

expenditure

framework

General

budget

support

Sector

budget

support

Sector Wide

Approach

(SWAp) Planning &

budgeting

cycle

National

government

reporting

Wider context of

laws and policies

National

constitution

Local

development

initiatives

Nepal

WHAT IS A

JOINT SECTOR REVIEW (JSR)?

CYCLE 1 CYCLE 2 CYCLE 3

Pre-Gathering

preparation such as:

meetings,

data collation,

field visits,

preparation of input

papers and/or sector

report

JSR

Gathering

Key:

time

status & action

communication

national context, reforms and WASH service delivery

Post-Gathering

report,

commitments and

follow-up meetings

There is no standard definition of a Joint Sector Review

(JSR). For our purposes, a JSR is a periodic process that

brings different stakeholders in a particular sector

together to engage in dialogue, review status, progress

and performance and take decisions on priority actions

(often called undertakings, or commitments).

Stakeholder interaction

Dealing with multiple donors,

& NGOs and government

fragmentation

But - JSR objectives need to be

relevant for stakeholders

IS A JSR PROCESS

RELEVANT FOR WASH?

CYCLE 1 CYCLE 2 CYCLE 3

Pre-Gathering

preparation such as:

meetings,

data collation,

field visits,

preparation of input

papers and/or sector

report

JSR

Gathering

Key:

time

status & action

communication

national context, reforms and WASH service delivery

Post-Gathering

report,

commitments and

follow-up meetings

Zimbabwe

Yemen

West Bank & Gaza

Sierra Leone

South Sudan

Somalia

Nepal

Liberia

Laos PDR

Jordan

Indonesia

Ghana

East Timor

Afghanistan

Zambia

Tanzania

Senegal

Niger

Malawi

Kenya

Ethiopia

Rwanda

Burundi

Burkina Faso

Uganda

Fragile

State

Protracted

Crisis

No. years

with JSRs

11

JSR in the Year (20'’)

INTERMEDIATE

MATURE

BASIC (Continuing)

Country

15

7

5

6

9

8

8

8

9

6

0

0

4

0

0

1

3

2

0

4

2

0

2

1

1 1

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

2

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

KEY

Country included in one or

more of the OECD fragile

states reports between

2007 and 2015 (OECD,

2015 pp32)

UN peace-keeping

operation in the country

between 2012 and 2015

Country included in the

FAO (2010 or 2015)

updated list for countries in

protracted crisis

One or more JSR

gatherings took place in

that year

NOTES

1. The 2011 and 2015

meetings in Burkina Faso were

both entitled “national Forum”

and prepared for the

participation of country in the

World Water Forums in

Marseille, France (2012) and

Daegu-Gyeongbuk, South

Korea (2015).

2. Indonesia International

Water Week (2015) had many

features of a JSR Gathering.

Technical review meetings (a

second review type meeting,

or half-yearly meeting) have

taken place in Burkina Faso

(2013), Ethiopia (some years),

South Sudan (2010), Uganda

and Rwanda.

NO EXPERIENCE

BASIC (Discontinued)

No JSR in 2015

1

2

WHERE AND WHEN HAVE JSR’S (FOR WASH)

TAKEN PLACE (2001 – 2015)?

WHERE AND WHEN HAVE JSR’S (FOR WASH)

TAKEN PLACE (2001 – 2015)?

See Poster!

MY JOINT SECTOR REVIE W ( JSR)

JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY

In Uganda, 2004 - Worked with colleagues on the official Uganda NGO response to the

1st Water and Sanitation Sector Performance Report (SPR) – we were critical and demanding (and

had NO idea of how difficult the process to consolidate the data had actually been)

In Uganda, 2005 to 2010 – Technical Support in preparing the Uganda Water and

Sanitation, then Water and Environment SPRs, including preparing for presentation and

discussion at the Joint Sector Review Gathering (of about 200 participants) – extremely

demanding, but rewarding experience to encourage authors & challenge conclusions reached.

From Switzerland, 2010 – Drawing together contributions on country-led monitoring

from six countries for IRC WASH Symposium on monitoring not everywhere operates like

Uganda! It led to a chapter in a book (From infrastructure to Services.

From Switzerland, 2012 – Worked with my Ugandan colleague, Disan Ssozi to

document Uganda’s Sector Monitoring Experiences – which I believe informed & inspired others.

In Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, 2013 – brought simple but important

reflections on data into the State WASH Cluster Meeting – started to think more about the role of

JSRs in the transition from a Humanitarian to Developmental context.

In Liberia, 2014 – Supporting 10 Ministries, plus NGOs to collate data for the First Water

and Sanitation SPR and JSR – phew it came together, with considerable joint learning!

From Switzerland and in Nepal, 2015/16 – First study of Effectiveness of Joint Sector

Reviews for Water and Sanitation (WASH) of 25 countries, with an emphasis on Fragile States –

and tracking down numerous hidden information sources...

JSR STORIES

First and second-hand

NORTHERN BAHR

EL GHA ZAL STATE ,

SOUTH SUDAN

2013 & 2014

View from the road to Aweil South at the end of the rains

View from the road to Aweil South as the dry season

commences

D A T A C O L L E C T I O N & R E P O R T I N G

A N D T H E M U L T I - S T A K E H O L D E R

P L A T F O R M

Figure 4 View from the road to Aweil South as the dry season commences (Source: Danert, Dec 2014)

Seasonal Borehole in Mariduakum, Mariam West

Multi-stakeholder platform

Monthly stakeholder gathering: WASH

CLUSTER MEETING

Hosted by the Ministry of Water,

Cooperatives and Rural Development

(since June 2014)

Reporting, sharing of information,

discussion, agreeing actions

Data and Reporting

• Water Information Management

System (WIMS): Federal to State

Government

• Semi-informal reporting: handpump

mechanics – Payam – County – State

• Some NGOs report to county

government

•

“S IMPLE” ANALYS IS AND V ISUAL ISAT ION TO FOSTER

DISCUSSION

County Ave no. of people per

functional borehole

Aweil North 417

Aweil East 667

Aweil West 702

Aweil South 575

Aweil Centre 1019

Aweil Town 765

Total 595

Boreholes coverage in the five counties

of NBEG and Aweil Town

Aweil Centre9

4%

Aweil South5

2%Aweil East11646%

Aweil West51

20%

Aweil North72

28%

Location of New Boreholes Drilled and

Installed from July 2013 to Nov 2014

LIBERIA,

2014

Development Partner: “....getting people working in the Ministries to

write....nice idea but it won’t work here... so what is your plan B?”

Kerstin, Skat: “err... there is no plan B. We have to make this work....

[nervous smile] - I think that it helps if we believe that the proposed

approach can work.”

M O T I V A T I N G , B U I L D I N G A T E A M ,

R A I S I N G S K I L L S & C O N S O L I D A T I N G

D A T A . . . F O R D I S C U S S I O N A N D

D E C I S I O N M A K I N G

Peer review of the Draft Sector Performance

Report (Libassa Ecolodge)

WASH Data Flows....

Sector Performance Report Authors

Donor Aid for WASH: Budget for Fiscal Year

2012/13 and 2013/14 and Projections for

2014/15

(Source: Aid Management Unit, Ministry of

Finance; data available on request)

Monrovia Piped Service Areas

(Adapted from sketch from JICA project report

and discussions with LWSC staff)

Report extract for

the newspaper

Tips for a Sector Performance Report (from Liberia) – for

later reading.... Determine scope, audience, purpose and an outline structure for the

Sector Performance Report early on

Key elements

work closely with different agencies AND Agree on roles and

responsibilities

the report must synthesize A LOT without being too long, or losing

focus;

Compiling, consolidating, prioritizing the information;

the importance of an internal retreat;

emphasis on building analytical, writing and Facilitation skills to

prepare the report and run the review;

Balance raising skills with the scope of the report to ensure quality.

Build up key relationships and teams for the SPR process and to run

the JSR gathering;

Process of drafting, reviewing and quality assuring the SPR and

preparing for the JSR

The process of preparing the report depended on the

motivation, leadership, skills and team work of the Liberia

Core Team.

UGANDA

2004 TO 2011

R E P O R T I N G , L E A R N I N G H O W T O

P R E S E N T D A T A A N D

C O M M I T M N E N T S F O R A C T I O N ( U N D E R T A K I N G S )

NGOs/CBOsNGOs/CBOs

Data sources & flow in Sector Performance Measurement Framework (SPMF) in Uganda

Water & Environment

Sector Working Group

District Local

Government

(District Water

Office)

UWASNET District Local

Government (District

Health Inspectorate)

Ministry of Water

and EnvironmentMinistry of Health Ministry of

Education & SportsUganda Bureau

of Statistics

Health Inspections

Specific

Surveys

Sector Performance Report (SPR)

Key

Data Collection

Reporting

Management Information System

MIS

MIS

MISMIS

NGOs/CBOs

School Inspections

Technical Audits

Tracking Studies

Communities

Community Visits

A B C

Schools

Community Visits

Government Institution

Non-Government Institution

Coordination Body

Quarterly & Annual Reports

Annual

Report

Data

(annually)

Various National

Survey Reports

Data

(annually)Data (annually)

‘Mini’

Performance

Reports by

Sub-Sectors

Joint Sector Review

Small SPR

Secretariat

(in Ministry

of Water and Environment)

Graph used in 2012 to illustrate the disparity in access to safe water between districts in the

2010 Sector Performance Report, with red bars illustrating districts below the national

average of 65% at that time

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SEVERAL

COUNTRIES

Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nepal – no

succinct overview in their national reports,

despite the availability of data!

Yemen and Zimbabwe – plenty of data,

but lack of references regarding the sources.

The above takes place despite the

presence of leading international agencies in

the country and involved in the process.

M A K I N G B E T T E R U S E O F AVA I L A B L E

DA T A A N D R E F E R E N C I N G

NEPAL, 2014

Six week preparation process for the conference:

meetings, thematic group formation, brainstorming , checklists,

learning visits and sharing meetings.

identify core issues, review policy, capture learning and compliance,

and recommend actions.

Working papers and presentations.

70 people participated in the planning meeting, 55 in the learning visits,

and 80 in the learning visit sharing; there were 200 stakeholders at the

JSR conference.

B U I L D I N G A M U LT I - S T A K E H O L D E R

C O M M U N I T Y F O R WA S H

JSR EFFECTIVENESS

“At their best, JSR processes provide a reliable overview of finance, implementation, institutions, and gaps; bring sector

stakeholders together; and contribute towards driving reforms and improving sector governance. At their worst, there is

hurried preparation for a poorly facilitated gathering that identifies a plethora of problems and priorities for action that fail to be implemented or followed-up on. Most JSR processes

fall somewhere in between the above extremes”. (Danert et al,

2016)

“Where the JSR process fell down was the follow-up” (Anon,

2015)

THE J OINT SECTOR REVIEW

P ROCESS – A VISUAL CHECKL IST

Urban water

supply &

regulations

Rural water

supply &

regulation

Rural

sanitation &

regulation

Hygiene

Wastewater,

sewerage &

regulation

Water quality

and pollution

monitoring &

regulation

Agriculture/

Water for

Production

Water for

industry &

energy

Water

resources

monitoring &

regulation

Drought

management

Water for

nature

Drainage and

flood control

Urban

sanitation &

regulation

WASH-related

health impacts

Climate

change

monitoring &

disaster risk

reduction

Solid waste

management &

regulation

WASH in

schools

WASH in health

centres

Trans-

boundary

Resources

Ecosystems

services

Agreed scope,

objectives ToR

Sector

Performance

Report

Field visits or

verification of

reports

Pre-Gathering

papers

Post-

Gathering

report & public

summary in

newspapers

Binding

Commitments/

Undertakings

Regular cycle

(annual/

biennial)

Financial and

activity reports

from public

bodies

News

media invited

to JSR

Gathering

Agreed targets

and indicators

JSR Gathering

(0.5-3 days)

Mid-term

review event

Documents

published

online

Evidence open

to academic

scrutiny

Setting priority

actions

Training &

capacity

development

Donor/

Development

Partner Written

Response

Civil Society /

NGO written

response

List of

attendees

Stakeholder

coordination &

reporting

Publicity

(language,

content,

medium)

Transport &

comms costs

Presentation

and debating

skills

Staff time

costs

Secretariat

with control of

budget and

organisation

Report writing

& editing skills

Leadership of

the JSR

process

Data collation,

GIS & analysis

expertise

Event

facilitation

skills

Venue –

suitable for

200-400

people

Finance

Coordination,

harmonisation

& alignment

Legal & Policy

framework

Staffing &

human

resources

Human Right

to water &

sanitationGender,

disabled

accessibility,

marginalised

groups

Sector

Monitoring

Framework

Wider

context of

implementation

stakeholders & reporting

National

programmeSector coordination mechanism

Donor or development

partner working group

NGO coordination or network

WASH

cluster

Wider context of activities

and processes

Private

sector

associations

Water user

associations

Water Resources

IWRM

JSR Activities

& Processes

Institutional

Themes

Water, Sanitation &

Hygiene (WASH)

JSR Documentation

Logistics, Skills &

Resources

Census

National

surveys

Water

supply

inventory

Groundwater

& Surface

water

databases

Regulation

Global /

remote

sensing

databases

Project and

programme

reports

Academic

research

Political

leaders

National

government

agencies

Donor

agencies

Local

government

agencies

Private

sector

CSOs,

NGOs,

iNGOs

National

programme

Agency

projects

System

management

Utility

management

Reforms

Training

Self-supply

Citizens

Research &

training

organisations

Evaluation

Reports

Sector

planning

framework

Sector

strategy

Water act

or law

Water

policy

Local

government

reporting

Sector

agreement

Joint

assistance

strategy

Sector

investment

plan

Medium

term

expenditure

framework

General

budget

support

Sector

budget

support

Sector Wide

Approach

(SWAp) Planning &

budgeting

cycle

National

government

reporting

Wider context of

laws and policies

National

constitution

Local

development

initiatives

Urban water

supply &

regulations

Rural water

supply &

regulation

Rural

sanitation &

regulation

Hygiene

Wastewater,

sewerage &

regulation

Water quality

and pollution

monitoring &

regulation

Agriculture/

Water for

Production

Water for

industry &

energy

Water

resources

monitoring &

regulation

Drought

management

Water for

nature

Drainage and

flood control

Urban

sanitation &

regulation

WASH-related

health impacts

Climate

change

monitoring &

disaster risk

reduction

Solid waste

management &

regulation

WASH in

schools

WASH in health

centres

Trans-

boundary

Resources

Ecosystems

services

Agreed scope,

objectives ToR

Sector

Performance

Report

Field visits or

verification of

reports

Pre-Gathering

papers

Post-

Gathering

report & public

summary in

newspapers

Binding

Commitments/

Undertakings

Regular cycle

(annual/

biennial)

Financial and

activity reports

from public

bodies

News

media invited

to JSR

Gathering

Agreed targets

and indicators

JSR Gathering

(0.5-3 days)

Mid-term

review event

Documents

published

online

Evidence open

to academic

scrutiny

Setting priority

actions

Training &

capacity

development

Donor/

Development

Partner Written

Response

Civil Society /

NGO written

response

List of

attendees

Stakeholder

coordination &

reporting

Publicity

(language,

content,

medium)

Transport &

comms costs

Presentation

and debating

skills

Staff time

costs

Secretariat

with control of

budget and

organisation

Report writing

& editing skills

Leadership of

the JSR

process

Data collation,

GIS & analysis

expertise

Event

facilitation

skills

Venue –

suitable for

200-400

people

Finance

Coordination,

harmonisation

& alignment

Legal & Policy

framework

Staffing &

human

resources

Human Right

to water &

sanitationGender,

disabled

accessibility,

marginalised

groups

Sector

monitoring

framework

Wider

context of

implementation

stakeholders & reporting

National

programmeSector coordination mechanism

Donor or development

partner working group

NGO coordination or network

WASH

cluster

Wider context of activities

and processes

Private

sector

associations

Water user

associations

Water Resources

IWRM

JSR Activities

& ProcessesInstitutional

Themes

Water, Sanitation &

Hygiene (WASH)

JSR documentation

Logistics, Skills &

Resources

Census

National

surveys

Water

supply

inventory

Groundwater

& Surface

water

databases

Regulation

Global /

remote

sensing

databases

Project and

programme

reports

Academic

research

Political

leaders

National

government

agencies

Donor

agencies

Local

government

agencies

Private

sector

CSOs,

NGOs,

iNGOs

National

programme

Agency

projects

System

management

Utility

management

Reforms

Training

Self-supply

Citizens

Research &

training

organisations

Evaluation

Reports

Sector

planning

framework

Sector

strategy

Water act

or law

Water

policy

Local

government

reporting

Sector

agreement

Joint

assistance

strategy

Sector

investment

plan

Medium

term

expenditure

framework

General

budget

support

Sector

budget

support

Sector Wide

Approach

(SWAp) Planning &

budgeting

cycle

National

government

reporting

Wider context of

laws and policies

National

constitution

Local

development

initiatives

Nepal

Question:

“Does data matter for a good

Joint Sector Review Process?”

Q & A

My answer:

“ Definitely, but remember that

it one part of the story! Data

cannot DRIVE a Joint Sector

Review.

The process is DRIVEN by the

sector stakeholders”

CLOSING WORDS

Joint Sector Reviews are social and technical.

Emphasize learning

Strengthen reporting

Adapt over time

Encourage open discussion

Publish the documentation

Link to implementation and services on the ground!

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Infrastructure to Services: Trends in Monitoring Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services, edited by T.

Schouten and S. Smits (2015). Practical Action Publishing.

DANERT, K, FUREY, S, MECHTA, M and GUPTA, S (2016) Effective Joint Sector Reviews for Water,

Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). A Study and Guidance - 2016 , World Bank , World Bank,

http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/resources/details/757

DANERT, K., S. FUREY, J. SCHMITZER, AND C. HALL. 2014. WASH Liberia Sector Performance Report

2014 & Joint Sector Review: Process Report. Skat: Switzerland http://www.rural-water-

supply.net/en/resources/details/582].

DANERT, K., AND K. KARKI. 2016. Effective Joint Sector Reviews for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

(WASH) A Case Study from Nepal – 2015. Washington, USA: Water and Sanitation Programme of the

World Bank [http://www.rural-water-supply.net/en/resources/details/757].

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DANERT, K., S. FUREY, M. MECHTA, AND S. GUPTA. 2016. Effective Joint Sector Reviews for

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Learning Note. Washington, USA: Water and Sanitation

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