The Politics of Assessment
Water and Sanitation MDGs in the Middle East
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3884686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neda Zawahri (Cleveland State University), Jeannie Sowers (0000-0002-0940-375X, University of New Hampshire), Erika Weinthal (0000-0003-4117-6048, New York University Press) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1153-1178 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01730.x |
| PMID | 22175085 |
| OpenAlex | W2169203272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 30 |
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is generally considered to be making adequate progress towards meeting Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which calls for halving the proportion of the population with inadequate access to drinking water and sanitation. Progress towards achieving Target 10 is evaluated by the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP), run by UNICEF and WHO. This article shows that the assessment methodologies employed by the JMP significantly overstate coverage rates in the drinking water and sanitation sectors, by overlooking and ‘not counting’ problems of access, affordability, quality of service and pollution. The authors show that states in MENA often fail to provide safe drinking water and adequate sanitation services, particularly in densely populated informal settlements, and that many centralized water and sanitation infrastructures contribute to water pollution and contamination. Despite the glaring gap between the MDG statistics and the evidence available from national and local reports, exclusionary political regimes in the region have had few incentives to adopt more accurate assessments and improve the quality of service. While international organizations have proposed some reforms, they too lack incentives to employ adequate measures that gauge access, quality and affordability of drinking water and sanitation services
Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Geography · Improved sanitation · Incentive · Millennium Development Goals · Open defecation · Population · Sanitation · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Human Rights and Development · Medicine · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |