Is water and electricity serving the deserving?
1 Jul 2011
hot
| Partners
Water and electricity are the lifeblood of development. Tamasha did a village survey of eight districts in Tanzania to find out how young people access water and electricity services. The findings show that in many places there are multiple water projects, but electricity remains a rare commodity. Despite the multiplicity of water sources, methods of tapping it for domestic and commercial use remain largely inefficient. As a result, young men have to cut schooling hours and interrupt other economic activities in order to spend time looking for water. This policy brief recommends that young people be trained and employed to maintain water projects. The private sector should be given incentives to invest in solar power so that more people will have access to reliable electricity in rural and remote areas. Read the research brief.
Read more: electricity our publications tamasha Tanzania Twaweza partner water young people
Authors: tamasha
Organizations: tamasha
Year: 2011
Download
989.2 KBYou might also like...
- When is a school not a school? (1 Jul 2011)
- Are young people in Tanzania connected? (1 Jul 2011)
- Do Young People in Tanzania Participate in Development? (1 Jul 2011)
- Discussing public services one SMS at a time (15 Jan 2013)
- Dar citizens give their views on governance and electricity (27 Jul 2012)
- Celebrate youth views (6 Jun 2012)
- Development is miserable, but people are making things happen (29 Mar 2012)
