Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Research IdeasPort-au-Prince

April 2016

Working with 30-50 economists including Nobel Laureates, 100+ sector experts, government, donor organizations, civil society, development agencies, businesses, youth, across rural and urban areas to identify, analyze and prioritize interventions that will deliver greater benefit per gourde spent, helping move Haiti towards a more prosperous long term future.

Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions

with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic

issues facing Haiti.

These roundtables are one of several sources

for research ideas.

Research Ideas

Top Ideas;(1 of 5)

• Reduce DINEPA’s dependence on external aid. • Increase access to sanitation in urban areas.• Create waste treatment centers in rural areas.• Create a web platform for studies, projects and

research began in the WASH sector.• Establish a mechanism for the coordination of actors in

the WASH sector.• Strengthen the legal framework of the WASH sector

• Establish and implement standards for the construction of public buildings;

• Link between municipalities and DINEPA.

Top Ideas; (2 of 5)

• Set national WASH targets. • Maintain existing WASH infrastructure and perpetuates

the service.• Establish jurisdiction of PPP to reduce illegal connections

and fraud in general.• Commercialize water and sanitation services outside of

the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince by creating an investment fund and giving tax incentives.

• Relocate people who are not accessible by DINEPA• Create public toilets in rural areas.• Kiosks should be built in popular neighborhoods and rain

water capture systems built in areas with very low rainfall.

Top Ideas; (3 of 5)

• Public supply of water and sanitation services must be tailored to the needs and context of regions, districts (according to the socioeconomic level of the customer and their buying capacity).

• Strengthen the capacity of municipalities, DINEPA and the PNH to use punitive measures:

• Apply punitive measures that fine operators in the sewage sector;

• Punitive measures for NGOs working in the WASH sector without authorization;

• Implement punitive measures for landlords who rent houses that do not respond to WASH standards.

Top Ideas; (4 of 5)

• Expanding access to compost toilets for urban areas.• Install bio-digesters in schools that can turn

biodegradable waste into fertilizer and bio-fuels and create an additional source of income.

• There must be a strong political leadership that gives special attention to the water and sanitation sector.

• Water and sanitation funds must be allocated by levying a tax on a particular product or service.

• There must be a strong political leadership that gives special attention to the water and sanitation sector.

• Water and sanitation funds must be allocated by levying a tax on a particular product or service.

Top Ideas; (5 of 5)

• It is necessary to implement a genuine management of Haitian water resources, focusing on the protection and monitoring of the quality and flow of water sources:

• Restore fresh water ecosystems in the plains through regular maintenance to assess the quantity and quality of water sources;

• Establish rain water capture systems to add to the water reserves of the DINEPA;

• Establish rain water capture systems in remote drylands;• Establish a protection zone of the sources of fresh water 10

km sources and relocate the people living inside that area.

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