Review of Africa's Progress toward the WSS MDGs

A recent review of progress toward the MDGs in 16 African countries shows encouraging progress in the development of national programs and country-owned MDG roadmaps. Countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Benin and Burkina Faso have restructured their sectors and are now attracting considerable investment. Donor harmonization shows clear signs of improvement between bilateral and multilateral agencies and regional finance institutions. The challenges are the continuing neglect of sanitation, Africa's weakness in harnessing credible sector data and building effective national monitoring processes and, most critically, sector sustainability still appears low. The Country Status Overview reports, together with a comparative summary, will be published shortly by AMCOW in association with WSP, AfDB, EUWI and UNDP.