Klaas Schwartz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Klaas Schwartz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Klaas |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwartz |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWARTZ K |
| AFFILIATIONS | IHE Delft Institute for Water Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9154-7620 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Prioritising the purpose: A Water System Justice framework for water utilities
Water utilities provide water, sewerage and sanitation services. Yet, they have failed worldwide to provide safely managed water services to at least 2.2 billion people and safely managed sanitation services to between 3.5 and 4.4 billion. Following 70 years of experience in different modes of water services provision, this paper addresses the question: What lessons can be learnt from the scholarship on the policy and practice of water service pr…
Meeting multiple mandates: The increasing complexity of water utility management
The practice of integrated asset management in Ugandan small towns
Integrated asset management (IAM) has been promoted by international agencies and academics as a promising approach for water utilities in developing countries. These IAM frameworks present logical and linear approaches to managing a utility's infrastructure. In this article, we contrast these frameworks with the everyday practice of asset management in seven small towns in rural Uganda. In rural areas of Uganda, utility managers operating and ma…
Pragmatism as an approach for decision-making: Why two Kenyan water utilities opted for pre-paid water dispensers
A bridge over troubled waters
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public
Aligning stakeholder interests: How ‘appropriate’ technologies have become the accepted water infrastructure solutions for low-income areas
Everyday practices in the production of uneven water pricing regimes in Lilongwe, Malawi
Recent scholarship has called for widening investigations of cities through the analysis of everyday practices that shape urban life. Critical water studies have contributed to this emerging debate by using an everyday lens to document the diversity of practices of accessing and distributing water. Thus far, little attention has been given to the everyday practices of setting water prices and how these shape access. We contribute to this gap by i…
From Rowdy Cartels to Organized Ones? The Transfer of Power in Urban Water Supply in Kenya
Due to the limited presence of formal water utilities in urban low-income areas in many developing countries, water supply is carried out by informal private providers. As part of efforts towards improving water services to low-income areas, the activities of these informal providers are currently being acknowledged through various formalization approaches. This article investigates one such formalization approach, which consists of partnerships …
Space, state-building and the hydraulic mission: Crafting the Mozambican state
This article explores the role of large-scale water infrastructure in the formation of states in sub-Saharan Africa. We examine this through a focus on government agents and their shifting hydro-developmental visions of the state in colonial and post-colonial Mozambique. Over time, the focus, underlying principles and goals of the hydraulic mission shifted, triggered by contextual factors and historical developments within and outside the country…
The Dutch aid and trade policy: Policy discourses versus development practices in the Kenyan water and sanitation sector
Recent aid and trade policies reveal a ‘paradigm shift’ in which traditional donors have moved away from a focus on poverty alleviation and returned to an approach firmly aimed at economic growth. In prioritising economic growth in their development agenda, donors encourage the private sector as an active partner in development. Dutch development aid is exemplary in following this international trend. By examining development projects financed by…
Water is life in a life without water: Power and everyday water practices in Lilongwe, Malawi
The paradox of cost recovery in heterogeneous municipal water supply systems: Ensuring inclusiveness or exacerbating inequalities
Occupational genders and gendered occupations: The case of water provisioning in Maputo, Mozambique
Taking issue with how associations between technical prowess or entrepreneurship and masculinity tend to be taken for granted or are seen as stemming from natural or intrinsic gender differences, over the last two decades feminist scholars have developed theoretical approaches to understand the gendering of professions and abilities as the performative outcome of particular cultures and histories. We build on these insights to explore how associa…
Water for the urban poor: Balancing financial and social objectives through service differentiation in the Kenyan water sector
Why infrastructure still matters: Unravelling water reform processes in an uneven waterscape in rural Kenya
Since the 1980s, a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. Whereas before governments primarily invested in the development, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure and were mainly concerned with the distribution of water, in the new approach they mainly focus on managing water resources systems by stipulating general frameworks for water allocation. This paper studies the rationales used to justify th…
Going with the grain’: Accommodating local institutions in water governance
Adapting Generic Models through Bricolage: Elite Capture of Water Users Associations in Peri-urban Lilongwe
In the aspiration to upscale their activities in the global South, development aid agencies have a tendency to design and implement generic models. These are often associated with desired characteristics and principles, such as participation or inclusion of the poorest. However, in the dynamic environment in which models are implemented, the design characteristics and principles are mitigated, adapted or reinforced by context-specific socially em…
Unleashing Entrepreneurs or Controlling Unruly Providers? The Formalisation of Small-scale Water Providers in Greater Maputo, Mozambique
The existing legal and policy framework regulating water service provision in Greater Maputo, Mozambique appears fixated on the official service areas. In doing so it inadequately addresses the geographically varied service provision modalities which characterise the city. We argue that the predominant legal and policy framework does little to support development of improved services in areas unserved by the formal utility. Although ad hoc measur…
The myth of ‘healthy’ competition in the water sector: The case of small scale water providers
Capacity for sustainable management of wetlands: Lessons from the WETwin project
Divergent Sources of Legitimacy: A Case Study of International NGOs in the Water Services Sector in Lilongwe and Maputo
Since the 1980s international development activities have increasingly been transferred from government organisations to International Non Government Organisations (INGOs). In this article we argue that the trend for NGOs to increasingly undertake government-funded tasks leads to conflicts between the different sources on which the legitimacy of the NGO is based. In particular considerable friction may exist between output and normative legitimac…
The New Public Management: The future for reforms in the African water supply and sanitation sector
Water as a political good: Implications for investments
Adapting Generic Models through Bricolage: Elite Capture of Water Users Associations in Peri-urban Lilongwe
In the aspiration to upscale their activities in the global South, development aid agencies have a tendency to design and implement generic models. These are often associated with desired characteristics and principles, such as participation or inclusion of the poorest. However, in the dynamic environment in which models are implemented, the design characteristics and principles are mitigated, adapted or reinforced by context-specific socially em…
Space, state-building and the hydraulic mission: Crafting the Mozambican state
This article explores the role of large-scale water infrastructure in the formation of states in sub-Saharan Africa. We examine this through a focus on government agents and their shifting hydro-developmental visions of the state in colonial and post-colonial Mozambique. Over time, the focus, underlying principles and goals of the hydraulic mission shifted, triggered by contextual factors and historical developments within and outside the country…
Water for the urban poor: Balancing financial and social objectives through service differentiation in the Kenyan water sector
The New Public Management: The future for reforms in the African water supply and sanitation sector
From Rowdy Cartels to Organized Ones? The Transfer of Power in Urban Water Supply in Kenya
Due to the limited presence of formal water utilities in urban low-income areas in many developing countries, water supply is carried out by informal private providers. As part of efforts towards improving water services to low-income areas, the activities of these informal providers are currently being acknowledged through various formalization approaches. This article investigates one such formalization approach, which consists of partnerships …
Occupational genders and gendered occupations: The case of water provisioning in Maputo, Mozambique
Taking issue with how associations between technical prowess or entrepreneurship and masculinity tend to be taken for granted or are seen as stemming from natural or intrinsic gender differences, over the last two decades feminist scholars have developed theoretical approaches to understand the gendering of professions and abilities as the performative outcome of particular cultures and histories. We build on these insights to explore how associa…
Water as a political good: Implications for investments
Water is life in a life without water: Power and everyday water practices in Lilongwe, Malawi
The paradox of cost recovery in heterogeneous municipal water supply systems: Ensuring inclusiveness or exacerbating inequalities
The myth of ‘healthy’ competition in the water sector: The case of small scale water providers
A bridge over troubled waters
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public
The Dutch aid and trade policy: Policy discourses versus development practices in the Kenyan water and sanitation sector
Recent aid and trade policies reveal a ‘paradigm shift’ in which traditional donors have moved away from a focus on poverty alleviation and returned to an approach firmly aimed at economic growth. In prioritising economic growth in their development agenda, donors encourage the private sector as an active partner in development. Dutch development aid is exemplary in following this international trend. By examining development projects financed by…
Capacity for sustainable management of wetlands: Lessons from the WETwin project
Aligning stakeholder interests: How ‘appropriate’ technologies have become the accepted water infrastructure solutions for low-income areas
Everyday practices in the production of uneven water pricing regimes in Lilongwe, Malawi
Recent scholarship has called for widening investigations of cities through the analysis of everyday practices that shape urban life. Critical water studies have contributed to this emerging debate by using an everyday lens to document the diversity of practices of accessing and distributing water. Thus far, little attention has been given to the everyday practices of setting water prices and how these shape access. We contribute to this gap by i…
Why infrastructure still matters: Unravelling water reform processes in an uneven waterscape in rural Kenya
Since the 1980s, a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. Whereas before governments primarily invested in the development, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure and were mainly concerned with the distribution of water, in the new approach they mainly focus on managing water resources systems by stipulating general frameworks for water allocation. This paper studies the rationales used to justify th…
Going with the grain’: Accommodating local institutions in water governance
Divergent Sources of Legitimacy: A Case Study of International NGOs in the Water Services Sector in Lilongwe and Maputo
Since the 1980s international development activities have increasingly been transferred from government organisations to International Non Government Organisations (INGOs). In this article we argue that the trend for NGOs to increasingly undertake government-funded tasks leads to conflicts between the different sources on which the legitimacy of the NGO is based. In particular considerable friction may exist between output and normative legitimac…
Water as a political good: Implications for investments
The New Public Management: The future for reforms in the African water supply and sanitation sector
Capacity for sustainable management of wetlands: Lessons from the WETwin project
Divergent Sources of Legitimacy: A Case Study of International NGOs in the Water Services Sector in Lilongwe and Maputo
Since the 1980s international development activities have increasingly been transferred from government organisations to International Non Government Organisations (INGOs). In this article we argue that the trend for NGOs to increasingly undertake government-funded tasks leads to conflicts between the different sources on which the legitimacy of the NGO is based. In particular considerable friction may exist between output and normative legitimac…
Unleashing Entrepreneurs or Controlling Unruly Providers? The Formalisation of Small-scale Water Providers in Greater Maputo, Mozambique
The existing legal and policy framework regulating water service provision in Greater Maputo, Mozambique appears fixated on the official service areas. In doing so it inadequately addresses the geographically varied service provision modalities which characterise the city. We argue that the predominant legal and policy framework does little to support development of improved services in areas unserved by the formal utility. Although ad hoc measur…
The myth of ‘healthy’ competition in the water sector: The case of small scale water providers
Going with the grain’: Accommodating local institutions in water governance
Adapting Generic Models through Bricolage: Elite Capture of Water Users Associations in Peri-urban Lilongwe
In the aspiration to upscale their activities in the global South, development aid agencies have a tendency to design and implement generic models. These are often associated with desired characteristics and principles, such as participation or inclusion of the poorest. However, in the dynamic environment in which models are implemented, the design characteristics and principles are mitigated, adapted or reinforced by context-specific socially em…
Why infrastructure still matters: Unravelling water reform processes in an uneven waterscape in rural Kenya
Since the 1980s, a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. Whereas before governments primarily invested in the development, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure and were mainly concerned with the distribution of water, in the new approach they mainly focus on managing water resources systems by stipulating general frameworks for water allocation. This paper studies the rationales used to justify th…
Occupational genders and gendered occupations: The case of water provisioning in Maputo, Mozambique
Taking issue with how associations between technical prowess or entrepreneurship and masculinity tend to be taken for granted or are seen as stemming from natural or intrinsic gender differences, over the last two decades feminist scholars have developed theoretical approaches to understand the gendering of professions and abilities as the performative outcome of particular cultures and histories. We build on these insights to explore how associa…
Water for the urban poor: Balancing financial and social objectives through service differentiation in the Kenyan water sector
Space, state-building and the hydraulic mission: Crafting the Mozambican state
This article explores the role of large-scale water infrastructure in the formation of states in sub-Saharan Africa. We examine this through a focus on government agents and their shifting hydro-developmental visions of the state in colonial and post-colonial Mozambique. Over time, the focus, underlying principles and goals of the hydraulic mission shifted, triggered by contextual factors and historical developments within and outside the country…
The Dutch aid and trade policy: Policy discourses versus development practices in the Kenyan water and sanitation sector
Recent aid and trade policies reveal a ‘paradigm shift’ in which traditional donors have moved away from a focus on poverty alleviation and returned to an approach firmly aimed at economic growth. In prioritising economic growth in their development agenda, donors encourage the private sector as an active partner in development. Dutch development aid is exemplary in following this international trend. By examining development projects financed by…
Water is life in a life without water: Power and everyday water practices in Lilongwe, Malawi
The paradox of cost recovery in heterogeneous municipal water supply systems: Ensuring inclusiveness or exacerbating inequalities
Everyday practices in the production of uneven water pricing regimes in Lilongwe, Malawi
Recent scholarship has called for widening investigations of cities through the analysis of everyday practices that shape urban life. Critical water studies have contributed to this emerging debate by using an everyday lens to document the diversity of practices of accessing and distributing water. Thus far, little attention has been given to the everyday practices of setting water prices and how these shape access. We contribute to this gap by i…
From Rowdy Cartels to Organized Ones? The Transfer of Power in Urban Water Supply in Kenya
Due to the limited presence of formal water utilities in urban low-income areas in many developing countries, water supply is carried out by informal private providers. As part of efforts towards improving water services to low-income areas, the activities of these informal providers are currently being acknowledged through various formalization approaches. This article investigates one such formalization approach, which consists of partnerships …
Aligning stakeholder interests: How ‘appropriate’ technologies have become the accepted water infrastructure solutions for low-income areas
A bridge over troubled waters
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public
The practice of integrated asset management in Ugandan small towns
Integrated asset management (IAM) has been promoted by international agencies and academics as a promising approach for water utilities in developing countries. These IAM frameworks present logical and linear approaches to managing a utility's infrastructure. In this article, we contrast these frameworks with the everyday practice of asset management in seven small towns in rural Uganda. In rural areas of Uganda, utility managers operating and ma…
Pragmatism as an approach for decision-making: Why two Kenyan water utilities opted for pre-paid water dispensers
Prioritising the purpose: A Water System Justice framework for water utilities
Water utilities provide water, sewerage and sanitation services. Yet, they have failed worldwide to provide safely managed water services to at least 2.2 billion people and safely managed sanitation services to between 3.5 and 4.4 billion. Following 70 years of experience in different modes of water services provision, this paper addresses the question: What lessons can be learnt from the scholarship on the policy and practice of water service pr…
Meeting multiple mandates: The increasing complexity of water utility management
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