The elephant in the room: Informality in Tanzania’s rural waterscape

Katomero, Jesper; Georgiadou, Yola

dc.creator	Katomero, Jesper
dc.creator	Georgiadou, Yola
dc.date	2020-03-20T07:21:06Z
dc.date	2020-03-20T07:21:06Z
dc.date	2018
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T12:01:01Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T12:01:01Z
dc.identifier	Katomero, J., & Georgiadou, Y. (2018). The elephant in the room: Informality in Tanzania’s rural waterscape. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-information, 7(11), 437.
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7110437
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2248
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2248
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dc.description	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.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.subject	Informality
dc.subject	Formality
dc.subject	Sustainable Development Goals
dc.subject	SDGs
dc.subject	Rural water supply
dc.subject	Community based management
dc.subject	Rural water access
dc.subject	Rural populations
dc.title	The elephant in the room: Informality in Tanzania’s rural waterscape
dc.type	Article