Describes the findings of assignments carried
out on behalf of the International Water and
Sanitation Centre (IRC) and concerned with the
development of information systems in the
water supply and sanitation sector in Uganda,
Ethiopia, Tanzania and the Philippines. Four
areas of information activity in the sector have
been identified: Project and Sector Information;
Management Information Systems; Technical
Information Exchange; and Public Information
and Promotion. Discusses the information
situation in the water and sanitation sector in the
four countries in terms of: information users and
their needs; the supply of information;
organizational structure; manpower;
information resources; accommodation and
equipment; finance; technical operations; and
information products and services. Concludes
that the importance of developing information
systems in the water sector seems to have been
seriously neglected, both by national
government and donor agencies. There is a need
to improve the quality and level of support for
information activities in the sector from external
support agencies.
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