TY - BOOK ID - 137916041 TI - Why Do So Many Water Points Fail in Tanzania? : An Empirical Analysis of Contributing Factors AU - Joseph, George. AU - Andres, Luis Alberto. AU - Ayling, Sophie Charlotte Emi. AU - Chellaraj, Gnanaraj. AU - Grabinsky Zabludovsky, Jonathan. AU - Hoo, Yi Rong. PY - 2019 PB - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Access to Water KW - Drinking Water KW - Engineering KW - Environment KW - Environmental Engineering KW - Groundwater KW - Health and Sanitation KW - Hydrology KW - Inequality KW - Rural and Small Town Water and Sanitation KW - Rural Development KW - Rural Water KW - Rural Water Supply and Sanitation KW - Sanitary Environmental Engineering KW - Sanitation and Sewerage KW - Small Private Water Supply Providers KW - Town Water Supply and Sanitation KW - Village Water Supply KW - Water and Human Health KW - Water Points KW - Water Resources KW - Water Supply KW - Water Supply and Sanitation Economics KW - Water Utilities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137916041 AB - According to the 2015 Tanzania Water Point Mapping data, about 29 percent of all water points are non-functional, out of which 20 percent failed within the first year. This paper analyzes the various factors which impact water point failure and measures the relative contributions of these determinants. The results indicate that water points managed by village committees had a much higher likelihood of failure than those managed by private operators or water authority. Factors that cannot be modified such as hydrogeological factors play a major role in determining water points failure during the first year after installation. However, management type as well as the type of pump and technology matter considerably more in the short and medium term. ER -