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

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dc.creatorKatomero, Jesper
dc.creatorGeorgiadou, Yola
dc.date2020-03-20T07:21:06Z
dc.date2020-03-20T07:21:06Z
dc.date2018
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T12:01:01Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T12:01:01Z
dc.descriptionFull Text Article. Also available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/7/11/437/htm
dc.descriptionInformality 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.identifierKatomero, 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.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7110437
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2248
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2248
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.subjectInformality
dc.subjectFormality
dc.subjectSustainable Development Goals
dc.subjectSDGs
dc.subjectRural water supply
dc.subjectCommunity based management
dc.subjectRural water access
dc.subjectRural populations
dc.titleThe elephant in the room: Informality in Tanzania’s rural waterscape
dc.typeArticle

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