Challenges in urban infrastructure service provision: The case of water, power and road sub sector in Hossana town, SNNPRS
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2018-05
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Addis Ababa University
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This study is aimed at examining the urban infrastructure challenges and prospects of water, power and road sub sectors in Hossana town of Hadiyya Zone, SNNPRS. It was based on cross section data collected from 212 randomly selected households from 5 kebeles in the town. The information obtained was further reinforced by focus group discussion and supporting secondary sources from the institutions. The data collected was processed using SPSS version 21.
The findings indicate that the three subsectors infrastructure provided so far has been far from adequacy. The water subsector was rated more progressive, although nearly 50% of the respondent households have had no household level access. It was seen that 95% of the respondents have access for road of different quality. Compared to the other two sub sectors, the road subsector was found very much lagging, when rated for standard asphalt and cobble type road. Though 87% of the respondents have the access for power in one or another way, the capacity of the supplied power was found inadequate for utility with frequent power cuts. Moreover, the level of coordination among the sectors was found weak and the effort to ensure community participation in providing infrastructure was found limited.
Major challenges identified include lack of infrastructure finance, limited technical capacity, shortage of adequate sources of supply, topographic challenges, fairness, transparency and accountability problems limitation on following the master plan of the town, uncontrolled expansion of the town size and increased demand for infrastructure due to increased complexity of the economic and social services in the town.
The prospects analysis indicates that the water subsector would remain to be more challenging in the near future. The power subsector was under expansion but was found very sluggish in the process. The road sector was found dependent on external financial sources and need to mobilize infrastructure finance through community participation, improved transparency and accountability.
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A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Public Administration and Development Management (PADM) in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of MA
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Challenges, Infrastructure, Prospects, Urban