The World Bank has signed a US$4.85 million grant agreement with the government to provide sustainable toilet facilities in low income areas of Greater Accra Metropolitan area.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”7pzo1JU6RwIuLjziqedHKRyL22K7r2A8″]The World Bank acted as the administrator of the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), with funding for the project provided by the United Kingdom Department of International Development (DFID).<\/p>\n
A statement from the bank said about 50 percent of households in the Accra Metropolitan area lived in single rooms of compound houses that often lacked basic sanitation facilities.<\/p>\n
As a result, most urban poor have to rely on pay-for-use public toilets or open defecation, it stated.<\/p>\n
Ghana ranks close to the bottom of the list in terms of improved sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa and, in a survey of Accra residents, improving sanitation was the top priority out of seven basic services, it said.<\/p>\n
The project is also complementing a US$150 million IDA grant from the World Bank Group to support the government of Ghana in its efforts to provide low-income households with increased access to improved sanitation and water supply in the AMA.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncreasing access for the poor requires the construction and connection of toilet facilities to serve households in low-income areas,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo help the poor afford the cost of the sanitation facilities, the GPOBA grant pilots an output-based approach that provides targeted partial subsidies to encourage households to construct facilities and service providers to serve low-income neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n
The subsidy to service providers would be disbursed based on two main outputs; toilets that have been properly installed and operational for at least three months, and adequate facility de-sludging services being provided to ensure sustainability, the statement said..<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile it is important to provide toilets for improved sanitation, its equally important to ensure sustainable operations,\u201d said Carmen Nonay, Manager of GPOBA, according to the statement.<\/p>\n
GPOBA is a global partnership program, established in 2003 and administered by the World Bank.<\/p>\n
It is a multi-donor trust fund used to develop output-based or results-based aid approaches across a variety of sectors including infrastructure, health, and education.<\/p>\n
It has a portfolio of 40 GPOBA pilot projects with US$190 million in commitments, providing access to basic services to more than six million poor beneficiaries.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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