Chala, Desalegn (2015) District Decentralization and Service Delivery: The Study of Water Supply in Chalia, Oromia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the nature of Decentralization which describes the factors constraining of Water Supply service delivery, sectoral autonomy for the provision of WS services, district and supra- district institutional cooperation/ coordination and financial relations at the district level for WS services. it also assesses the level of community participation to promote WS and the extent decentralized district administration realizes water service delivery. Dara were gathered from both primary and secondary sources for obtaining primary data, interview, question and FGD were used as tools of data collection. The study basically used qualitative research approach. In doing so, the finding of the study reveals that in institutional and functional relationship is a decisive factor for the effective and responsive district water supply service delivery. The financial and human resource factors have hindered the implementation of water supply project in Chalia district. And also study performance was found to be low, which makes it difficult to conclude that there is significant change contrary to the expectations hoped to be realized after decentralization. This is because of constraints in financial and human resources and weaknesses in coordination and participation characterizing different actors in the district. Particularly, the lack of adequate owns revenue, participation and weak collaboration of the district, Zonal Water, mineral and Energy Office and Regional Water, Mineral and Energy Office have been challenging of WS project. Lack of proper coordination and participation hindered proper identification of local needs and resulted in lack of fairness in budget allocation for providing different public services. Priority setting has been dominated by other sector office and cabinet decisions, which restricted utilization of local potentials in terms of participation and affected the efficiency and responsiveness of the study district. Therefore the study controls that district WS service delivery needs qualified and excess of experts, coordination and integration of district and supra district, adequate amount of budget, community participation in planning and monitoring and mobilizing other stakeholders like NGOs for WS service delivery. X ABBREVIATIONS DLDP- District Level Development program FDRE- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia MoCB- Ministry of Capacity Building MoFED-Ministry of Finance and Economic Development NCBP - National Capacity Building Program NGO- Non- Non-Governmental Organization ONRS- Oromia National Regional State ORSSB-Oromia Regional Civil Service Bureau RSSB- Regional Civil Service Bureau R-WaSH-Rural Water Sanitation and Hygiene RWMEB- Regional Water Mineral and Energy Bureau TWB- Town Water Board USAID-United State of America International Development UWSO-Urban Water Supply office WMEO- District Water, mineral and energy Office WS- Water Supply WSSS- Water Supply & Sewerage Services ZWMEO- Zonal
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Kabiru Wallace Ndung'u |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2019 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2019 10:33 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9263 |
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