TY - JOUR
T1 - The Elephant in the Room
T2 - Informality in Tanzania’s Rural Waterscape
AU - Katomero, Jesper
AU - Georgiadou, Yola
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - Informality is pervasive in Tanzania’s rural waterscape, but not acknowledged by development partners (donors and beneficiaries), despite persistent warnings by development scholars. Informality is thus the proverbial elephant in the room. In this paper, we examine a case of superior rural water access in two geographical locales—Hai and Siha districts—in Tanzania, where actors not only acknowledge, but actively harness informality to provide access to water to rural populations. We employ concepts from organization and institutional theory to show that when informal programs and related informal sanctions/rewards complement their formal counterparts, chances for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target 6.1 ‘By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all’ are significantly increased.
AB - Informality is pervasive in Tanzania’s rural waterscape, but not acknowledged by development partners (donors and beneficiaries), despite persistent warnings by development scholars. Informality is thus the proverbial elephant in the room. In this paper, we examine a case of superior rural water access in two geographical locales—Hai and Siha districts—in Tanzania, where actors not only acknowledge, but actively harness informality to provide access to water to rural populations. We employ concepts from organization and institutional theory to show that when informal programs and related informal sanctions/rewards complement their formal counterparts, chances for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target 6.1 ‘By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all’ are significantly increased.
KW - ITC-GOLD
KW - ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7110437
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/library/2018/isi/georgiadou_ele.pdf
U2 - 10.3390/ijgi7110437
DO - 10.3390/ijgi7110437
M3 - Article
SN - 2220-9964
VL - 7
SP - 1
EP - 21
JO - ISPRS international journal of geo-information
JF - ISPRS international journal of geo-information
IS - 11
M1 - 437
ER -