ARMENIA:

POLICY OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING

Water related MDGs

Yerevan, 22 March 2007

Jochem JantzenDirector, TME

Institute for Applied Environmental Economics, Netherlands

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CONTENTS

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ASSESSING MDGs

Orientation

3-4 Mainly qualitative scenarios:

-increase access to safe water from 45% to 73% (PRSP) (quantity, quality, service level, regularity, distance)

-Institutional set up (see other)

-Financing (budget, user charges, loans (IFI), affordability)

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Quantity

-Quantities: present level if higher than 30 lcd, otherwise 30-50 lcd from standpipe?

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Quality

-Quality: Quality (chemical, biological) of water supply needs to meet national standards.

-How to implement these standards?

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Service level

-Is the aim to connect larger part of rural population to:

in house tap?

yard tap?

standpipe?

other?

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Regularity

Is the overall aim to have regular water supply (20 hrs per day) for rural population connected to:

in house tap

yard tap

standpipe

What about non connected population?

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Distance

Is the overall aim to reduce distance to “zero” meter (in house tap, yard tap)

and for

Standpipes 200 meter

What for non piped settlements?

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INSTITUTIONAL SET UP

See other presentation

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FINANCIAL ISSUES

Budget contribution for (re) investments and operation?

User charges set at local, regional or national level?

Loans (IFI), which loans are currently considered?

Affordability: in baseline 3% assumed, is this OK?