Accelerating Self Supply - Summary of progress in introducing a new approach
Findings from assessing and piloting Self Supply acceleration suggest that encouraging household investment can truly offer a viable option for improving water supplies. This field note draws together the lessons from the piloting work in Ethiopia, Mali, Uganda and Zambia and shows how Self Supply and its acceleration can help government and planners to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for access to safe water, and ultimately universal access, especially in areas which are difficult to serve adequately with community supplies.