Governance and Water Progress for the Rural Poor

Jami Nelson-Nuñez; Elise Pizzi

doi:10.1163/19426720-02404006

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Governance and Water Progress for the Rural Poor

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Governance and Water Progress for the Rural Poor

Jami Nelson-Nuñez and Elise Pizzi

Global Governance, Vol.24(4), pp.575-593

12/2018

DOI: 10.1163/19426720-02404006

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Abstract While the world succeeded in meeting the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people without access to improved water sources, many were left behind. As the new Sustainable Development Goals aim to reach universal access by 2030, this article assesses the shortcomings of the MDGs and identifies factors that explain progress for the hardest to reach: the rural poor. The article draws on newly available data on water access by wealth quintiles and finds that rural governance quality is more important for extending water access to the rural poor than to the rich. Government capacity to design and implement policy is particularly important. This article extends the research on inequities in global development progress and the distributive effects of governance quality in development outcomes.

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Title: Subtitle: Governance and Water Progress for the Rural Poor
Creators: Jami Nelson-Nuñez
Elise Pizzi
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Global Governance, Vol.24(4), pp.575-593
DOI: 10.1163/19426720-02404006
ISSN: 1075-2846
eISSN: 1942-6720
Publisher: Brill; Leiden | Boston
Language: English
Date published: 12/2018
Academic Unit: Center for Social Science Innovation; Political Science
Record Identifier: 9983988987402771

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