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VOLUME 1 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SUMMARIES .............................................................................................1
1.1 Executive summary .......................................................................................................1
1.2 Résumé exécutif.............................................................................................................9
2. INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 17
2.1 Evaluation Purpose .....................................................................................................17
2.2 Availability of Water Resources.................................................................................17
2.3 European Commission Cooperation, Strategies and Instruments.......................18
2.4 European Union Member States and international organisations........................24
3. METHODOLOGY...................................................................................27
3.1 Sequencing....................................................................................................................27
3.2 Main evaluation tools and instruments.....................................................................28
3.3 Data and information collection and analysis .........................................................30
3.4 Challenges in the application of the evaluation methodology ..............................35
3.5 Quality Assurance........................................................................................................36
4. MAIN FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS......................................................37
4.1 Access to drinking Water and Sanitation .................................................................37
4.2 Water, sanitation and poverty reduction ..................................................................43
4.3 Water, Sanitation and improved Health...................................................................48
4.4 Policies, legal instruments and water management.................................................53
4.5 Water Management, Water and Sanitation ..............................................................58
4.6 Water, Sanitation and Gender inequality..................................................................63
4.7 Water, sanitation and implementation efficiency....................................................67
4.8 Water, sanitation development consistency and coherence ..................................71
4.9 Water, sanitation, development, coherence member states and donors ............75
5. CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................... 81
5.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................81
5.2 Impact and effectiveness of support.........................................................................81
5.3 Integrated water resources management, governance and programmes.............83
5.4 Gender...........................................................................................................................83
5.5 Efficiency of service delivery .....................................................................................84
5.6 Consistency, internal coherence, co-ordination and complementarity................85
6. RECOMMENDATIONS.........................................................................87
6.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................87
6.2 Impact and effectiveness of support.........................................................................87
6.3 Integrated water resources management, governance and programmes.............91
6.4 Gender...........................................................................................................................92
6.5 Efficiency of service delivery .....................................................................................93
6.6 Consistency, internal coherence, co-ordination and complementarity................97
Evaluation of the Water and Sanitation Sector – Final Synthesis Report - Volume 3, PARTICIP GmbH, July 2006