What is the Mauritania WSS network?

Since 2008–09, UNICEF and the NGO GRET have been facilitating the ‘Mauritania WSS network’, an informal forum in which NGOs, and occasionally government stakeholders, meet once every two months. The DPSC has so far not undertaken to either drive or formalize this initiative.

What are the weaknesses of the WSS sector in Mauritania?

M&E is one of the major weaknesses of the WSS sector in Mauritania (see Figure 6). The rise in the number of actors intervening in the water supply sector has led to data being scattered among several different institutions (Directorate of Water, SNDE, ANEPA, CNRE, and so on).

Can Mauritania achieve its MDG targets for the UWS subsector?

Provided that the financing is mobilized and the project completed quickly, Mauritania should be able to achieve its MDG targets for the UWS subsector. Source: CSO2 estimates. Source: CSO2 scorecard. Overall, the performance of the urban water supply subsector falls slightly below that of Mauritania’s economic peer group (see Figures 13 and 14).

How good is Mauritania's urban water supply subsector?

Source: CSO2 scorecard. Overall, the performance of the urban water supply subsector falls slightly below that of Mauritania’s economic peer group (see Figures 13 and 14). (production, transport, distribution, sales, maintenance, and renewal) is a public company created when SONELEC was split in two.

How much money does Mauritania need to achieve the MDGs?

Sanitation, which has only recently appeared on Mauritania’s institutional landscape, is more problematic, especially in rural areas where the access rate has remained very low over the past 20 years. According to the calculations presented in this report, US$48 million per year will be required overall to achieve the MDG targets.

What happened to DPS in Mauritania?

With regard to DPs, the available data—although not comprehensive—indicate that commitments increased from US$44 million in 2006 to US$173 million in 2008, before falling as a result of the events that shook Mauritania’s political landscape and which led to some DPs withholding part of the financing already committed or under discussion.