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Fiscal decentralisation and urban sanitation services in Nepal - Case study:

8 Aug 2024

August 2024 • U se and strengthen the Lahan WASH Plan to build wider understanding of the types of practical interventions and activities needed to achieve better sanitation outcomes, locally and nationally, and of the funds – both capital and recurrent – required to support them. [...] A reference group comprised of major stakeholders – drawn from the Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation (MoWSS), the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management (DWSSM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Habitat among others – was formed to support and validate the study. [...] The decline of federal expenditures in 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 is related to the adoption of the federal system resulting in subnational governments taking responsibility for the WASH sector. [...] 4.3 Institutional arrangements at the local level According to the new Constitution, the Local Government Operation Act of 2017, and the Water Supply and Sanitation Act 2022, the municipality is responsible for formulating the WASH-related plans, policies and guidelines for their constituencies, but provincial and local-level responsibilities are yet to be adequately defined. [...] • U se the Lahan WASH Improvement Plan to build wider understanding of the types of practical interventions and activities needed to achieve better sanitation outcomes, locally and nationally, and of the funds – both capital and recurrent – required to support them.

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