Water,
sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) development organizations are often
asked by donors to quantify their projects in terms of unit cost or cost
per beneficiary. With more focus these days on evidence base, outcome
contracting, and sustainability, it's time to develop a more
comprehensive approach that includes looking at life-cycle costs for
WASH programs. This is a direct challenge to a
cost-per-beneficiary-per-project approach, which oversimplifies what it
takes to get the job done properly and for the long term. Life-cycle costs are the aggregate costs of ensuring delivery of adequate, equitable, and sustainable WASH services to a population in a specified area. This approach takes into account both the initial onetime investment to establish or significantly extend a service (Capital Expenditure) and the recurrent costs.Read More |
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