Research: Institutional analysis
Introduction
Many pressing challenges in the water and sanitation sector are institutional, rather than technical, in nature. Our group is interested in organizational analysis of water and sanitation service providers, particularly in understanding how some developing-country organizations succeed in improving responsiveness and accountability to customers, improving transparency and reducing corruption, and expanding services to low-income households. We are also interested in policies related to pricing, subsidies, cost-recovery, and improving services to the poor.
Current Projects
We are embarking on a new investigation regarding the impacts of legalized resale of water from household connections in sub-Saharan Africa.
Publications
Davis, J. 2003. Corruption in public services: Experience from South Asia’s water and sanitation sector. World Development 32(1): 53-71. Link.
Davis, J., and D. Whittington. 2004. “Challenges for water sector reform in transition economies.” Water Policy 6(4): 1-15. Link.
Davis, J., S. Tankha, A. Ghosh, P. Martin, T. Samad, B. Zia, and G. Prunier. 2002. In search of good governance: Experiments from South Asia’s water and sanitation sector. New Delhi: Water and Sanitation Program.