Papua New Guinea : Sanitation, Water Supply and Hygiene in Urban Informal Settlements

In 2012 Papua New Guinea undertook a national Service Delivery Assessment of rural water, rural sanitation, urban water and urban sanitation services to identify coverage and targets, how well services are being delivered and the financing shortfalls in these subsectors. Immediately following this assessment, stakeholders, through a national policy task force, have developed a draft of the country s first National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Policy. During the course of the assessment and policy development, peri-urban and informal settlements have been consistently identified as areas which are underserviced and overlooked for water and sanitation services. The need to provide affordable and appropriate services in settlements, as well as improve health and living conditions, was highlighted. Amongst stakeholders, it was agreed that baseline information on WASH conditions in settlements was needed in order to develop strategies and to respond appropriately to needs of settlements in the future. Previous settlement research has focused on urbanization, housing ownership, land issues, employment, and anthropology, but WASH has not been researched specifically or in depth. Therefore in 2014, the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank (WSP), together with key stakeholders, conducted research in informal settlements in the capital Port Moresby and a representative provincial town (Wewak) to understand the conditions, aspirations, barriers and opportunities to improve water, sanitation and hygiene for informal settlers.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank Group
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-10
Subjects:	BUCKET OF WATER, CASH FLOW, CITIES, CITY COUNCIL, CLEAN WATER, CLINICS, COLLECTION SYSTEM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY LEADERS, COMMUNITY WELL, CONNECTION POLICY, CONNECTIONS POLICY, CONSTRUCTION, CUBIC METRE, DECISION MAKING, DESCRIPTION, DIRTY WATER, DOMESTIC USE, DOMESTIC WATER, DRAIN, DRAINS, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, DRY PIT, DUG WELLS, DWELLING, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EVICTION, FEMALE, FEMALES, FORMAL UTILITY, GENDER, GROUND WATER, GROUNDWATER, HABITAT, HIGH WATER TABLE, HOMES, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLD WATER CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSES, HOUSING, HOUSING DENSITY, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING POLICY, HOUSING RIGHTS, HOUSING UNITS, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, HYGIENE, ILLEGAL CONNECTION, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, IRON, LAND SETTLEMENT, LAND TENURE, LAUNDRY, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL PARTNERS, METER READERS, MOBILE CLINICS, MONTHLY WATER, MONTHLY WATER BILL, NATIONAL WATER, OCCUPANCY, OCCUPATION, OPEN DEFECATION, OVERCROWDING, OWNERSHIP OF LAND, PHYSICAL PLANNING, PIPED WATER, PIT LATRINE, PIT LATRINES, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, PUBLIC TAP, PUBLIC TOILETS, QUALITY OF WATER, QUANTITIES OF WATER, RAINWATER TANKS, RAW WATER, RENTING, RENTS, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, RIVERS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL SANITATION, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SAFE WATER, SAFETY, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SANITATION OPTIONS, SANITATION PROBLEM, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION SERVICES, SEPTIC SYSTEMS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE IMPROVEMENT, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SETTLEMENT, SETTLERS, SEWERAGE, SEWERAGE SYSTEM, SHOPS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOLID WASTE, SOURCES OF WATER, SQUATTER, SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS, SQUATTERS, SUPPLY WATER, TOILET, TOILET BOWL, TOILET PITS, TOWN, TOWN PLANNING, TOWNS, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN COMMUNITY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN LAND, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATIONS, URBAN SANITATION, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBAN WATER, URBANIZATION, USE OF WATER, USERS, UTILITIES, VILLAGES, WASHING, WASHING HANDS, WASTE WATER, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER DISPOSAL, WATER BILLS, WATER COLLECTION, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER CONTAMINATION, WATER METER, WATER POINT, WATER POINTS, WATER POLLUTION, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SOURCE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SERVICE, WATER SUPPLY SITUATION, WATER TABLE, WATER TREATMENT, WATER USAGE, WATER USE, WATER UTILITIES, WELLS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20264245/papua-new-guinea-sanitation-water-supply-hygiene-urban-informal-settlements https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20398
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