Meeting the water and sanitation MDGs: a study of human resource development requirements in Tanzania | Zendy

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Meeting the water and sanitation MDGs: a study of human resource development requirements in Tanzania

Author(s) -

Richard Kimwaga,

Joel Nobert,

Victor Kongo,

Mpembe Ngwisa

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

water policy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.488

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1996-9759

pISSN - 1366-7017

DOI - 10.2166/wp.2013.012

Subject(s) - sanitation , business , water supply , tanzania , private sector , hygiene , millennium development goals , economic growth , public sector , environmental planning , developing country , engineering , economics , geography , environmental engineering , medicine , pathology , economy

In the Tanzanian water and sanitation (WatSan) sector, the human resource (HR) requirements for meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets have so far been relatively unknown. This study was therefore conducted with a focus on determining HR requirements in the public sector and parastatal institutions, in the private sector (private consultancy companies, individual contractors, etc.), and in non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations active in the broader water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. The competences assessed were: design and construction of new infrastructure, operation and maintenance (OM focusing on skills required for asset management and OM and giving specific attention to HR capacity development in small towns and rural areas.

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