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Evaluation of the Pungwe Basin Transboundary Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Programme (PP2), second phase

Evaluation of the Pungwe Basin Transboundary Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Programme (PP2), second phase

Final Report

  • År: 2020

  • Publikationstyp: Decentraliserad utvärdering

  • Författare: Hélder Domingos, Svend Erik Sørensen, Troels Kolster, Wellington Dzvairo

Sammanfattning

Sweden has supported development in the Pungwe Basin in Mozambique and Zimbabwe since late 1990s. A review was carried out in 2017 covering the period 2007–2017. Swedish support terminated in 2017. This report presents the final evaluation in which the result of the 2017 review is compared to the results three years later, in 2020. Effectiveness deteriorated slightly stemming from lower scores in the environmental protection component. The process towards sustainability improved significantly due to both governments’strong decentralisation efforts and an institutional overhaul of the regional water administration structure in Mozambique.Impact was mixed: regional water agreements were successfully achieved but strategies and policy uptake insignificant. Recommendations include strengthening the two countries’ water administration through: (i) improved human resource development, marketing,strategies and management; (ii) strengthened collaboration with other water related institutions; (iii) targeted support to the basin’s rural communities; (iv) prioritising investment in equipment and technology, expanding and maintaining the monitoring network and improve data management.

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  • Tematik: Miljö och klimat

  • Geografiskt område: Mocambique, Zimbabwe

  • Språk: Engelska

  • Publikationsnummer: 2021:9

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  • Publikationstyp:Decentraliserad utvärdering
  • År: 2025
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Impact study of Beyond the Grid for Zambia

Tematik: Ekonomisk utveckling Fattigdom Miljö och klimat

Beyond the Grid Fund Zambia was created to expand affordable renewable energy for energy poor people living outside the national electricity grid. This was to be achieved by incentivising private sector companies’ to invest in off-grid energy generation, distribution and service delivery, with the goal to reach more than one million Zambians living in peri-urban and rural areas.

Positives: We find that the BGFZ had an impressive impact and outreach, reaching more than one million people. Most of them were new customers without previous access to energy products, and who lacked a good alternative. Access to basic energy services has contributed to enhanced quality of life for the costumers and their families.

Potential shortcomings: However, there is an absence of real evidence on health and education impacts, and the programs focus on productive use of the energy products has not yielded much. BGFZ has also faced challenges in effectively targeting and reaching the poorest and most underserved groups, even though the majority of its customers are people living in poverty.

  • Publikationstyp:Central utvärdering
  • År: 2025
  • Geografiskt område:Zambia