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A.3 Water and Sanitation Sector Analysis<br />

<strong>Pacific</strong> countries have varying levels of water availability. Papua New Guinea, Fiji and<br />

Vanuatu have a relative abundance of water, while other countries like Kiribati, Marshall<br />

Islands and Palau do not have rivers and lakes, but depend on rainwater collection.<br />

While countries have little control over the natural availability of water, sector infrastructure<br />

and institutions can help to ensure that this (sometimes scarce) resource is used efficiently,<br />

effectively and conservatively. This section examines the quality and performance of water<br />

and sanitation infrastructure in <strong>Pacific</strong> countries.<br />

A.1.3 Benchmarking<br />

Access<br />

Figure A.15 compares the levels of access to improved water and sanitation within <strong>Pacific</strong><br />

and comparator countries. Improved water includes reticulated supply and rainwater<br />

catchment tanks. Improved sanitation refers to both reticulated and non-reticulated<br />

solutions such as improved pit latrines.<br />

Figure A.15: Access to Water and Sanitation<br />

120<br />

120<br />

Acces to improved water<br />

Mauritius<br />

100 Tonga Samoa Dominica<br />

Grenada<br />

Vanuatu FSM<br />

St Lucia<br />

Philippines<br />

Jamaica<br />

80<br />

Solomon Islands<br />

60<br />

Kiribati<br />

Fiji<br />

40 PNG<br />

20<br />

Palau<br />

St Kitts Barbados<br />

Access to improved sanitation<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

Vanuatu<br />

Samoa<br />

Philippines<br />

PNG<br />

Kiribati<br />

FSM<br />

Solomon Islands<br />

Jamaica Mauritius<br />

Grenada<br />

Fiji<br />

Dominica<br />

St Lucia<br />

Palau<br />

St Kitts<br />

Barbados<br />

0<br />

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000<br />

Source: WDI Indicators<br />

GDP per Capita<br />

0<br />

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000<br />

GDP per Capita<br />

Notes: PNG: Papua New Guinea, FSM: Federated States of Micronesia<br />

<strong>The</strong> trend line in these graphs indicates the expected level of access to improved water and<br />

sanitation given a country’s GDP per capita. <strong>The</strong> wealthier the country, the higher we would<br />

expect access to water and sanitation to be. Countries that lie above this trend line are<br />

outperforming expected access levels, while countries that fall below the line have relatively<br />

poor access levels, given their income.<br />

Only Tonga, Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia and Vanuatu provide access to<br />

improved water services to over 80% of the population, while Vanuatu, Samoa, Palau and<br />

Papua New Guinea report that over 80% of the population have access to improved<br />

sanitation. On the whole access in the <strong>Pacific</strong> countries is worse than in the Caribbean or<br />

the Philippines.<br />

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