xiv Foreword
Thanks to its flexibility and adaptability to a range of current and future conditions, Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) can be a powerful tool to provide clean safe water to African urban communities. It reflects the need to do things differently with the resources and expertise already at hand. IUWM is by no means a silver bullet that will solve all of Africa’s urban water problems: the reforms it entails will be challenging, and its ideas and approaches will require testing on the ground. But as this book demonstrates, because it proposes to build systems incrementally and with broad consultation from stakeholders, the IUWM approach is, by nature, pragmatic and adaptive, and can help build green and inclusive growth in Africa.
Rachel Kyte Vice President Sustainable Development Network World Bank
Makthar Diop Vice President Africa Region World Bank