<p>Bagamoyo District, in the Pwani region in Tanzania, supplies a large part of Tanzania'sbiggest city, Dar es Salaam, with water. At the same time many people in rural villages in thedistrict do not have access to clean and safe water. This thesis aims to explore what limitationsthere are to improvement of the rural water supply in Bagamoyo District. Specific attention ispaid to the organizational structure of the water sector and how roles and responsibilities aredivided, defined and communicated among the actors. A field study in the area was conductedto gather information on the water supply of today, the organization of the water sector andperceived limitations to improvement, from end users and actors working with water in thedistrict. The field study included meeting actors on national, district and community level. Amore in depth account of the present rural water supply situation was appraised with casestudies performed in three villages in the district: Mtoni, Fukayosi and Kongo. The resultshave been grouped into three categories of limitation: 1) money, time & material resources; 2)knowledge & skills; 3) organization & leadership. Although most actors found the lack offinancial capacity and availability of funds as well as knowledge and skills to be a greatlimitation to the improvement of the water supply, the most important conclusion this studydraws concerns limitations in the organizational structure of the water sector. Due to a recentdecentralization reform, more responsibility has been given to local government andcommunity, but without enough capacity building measures these actors have had difficultiesrealizing their new roles. In addition, when external actors do not seem to have adapted to thedecentralized structure of the reformed water sector, there is confusion as to who ought to beleading the way in the development of the rural water supply.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-109952 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Bemspång, Josefina, Segerström, Rebecka |
| Publisher | Uppsala University, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University, Department of Social and Economic Geography |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
| Relation | Arbetsrapporter / Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 0283-622X ; 687 |
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