Output-Based Aid in Morocco (Part 1) : Extending Water Services to the Poor in Urban Areas

Beauchê ; ne, Xavier Chauvot de

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER;    ACCESS TO WATER;    ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY;    ADEQUATE WATER;    ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY;   

RP-ID  :  49569

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Morocco is a middle-income country withgood water infrastructure that provides access to safedrinking water and sanitation to the majority of the urbanpopulation. In 2005, Morocco made it a priority to extendservice to poor peri-urban settlements, and encouragedoperators and local governments to reduce connection feesfor their inhabitants. These connection fees had been pricedat marginal cost, which represented a major obstacle forpoor populations to connect to piped service. The governmentand the operators of water utilities in Casablanca, Meknes,and Tangiers consequently requested a grant from the GlobalPartnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) to pilot theintroduction of performance-based subsidies to encourageservice expansion under an innovative output-based aid (OBA)approach. Initial results show that this approach is helpingto refocus service provision on household demand, which hasincreased accountability, strengthened partnerships betweenlocal authorities and operators, and made monitoring ofservice delivery a priority. The World Bank is now workingwith the government to plan a scale-up program.