Integrated Investment Appraisal of Water and Sanitation Projects: A Case of Senegal Water and Sanitation Project

Senegal’s water supply coverage was 75 percent in 2004. Of the 75 percent of the total population. 64 percent of the rural population is covered, and 90 percent of the urban population has access to water. The figures are much lower with sanitation however, with only 33 percent coverage of the entire population of Senegal. Of the 33 percent, 17 percent of the rural population is covered and 57 percent of the urban population is covered. To further improve the water and sanitation sector of Senegal, especially in the rural areas, the African Development Bank (AfDB) decided to intervene with a series of engagement. The study is the appraisal of a water and sanitation project which is the first phase of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) engagement in rural water and sanitation in Senegal. This initiative is directed towards ensuring that Senegal reaches the millennium development goals it signed up for. The intervention is structured such that it takes care of the water supply infrastructure, the sanitation infrastructure and the renewal of the unified framework of implementation. This study is an appraisal of this project, and the impact it has on all major stakeholders. The Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) done in this study employs the Integrated Investment Appraisal Approach (IIA) which typically includes the financial, economic, stakeholder and risk analyses of the project. Keywords: Water and sanitation sector, Senegal, African Development Bank, CostBenefit Analysis, Integrated Investment Appraisal Approach, Financial Analysis, Economic Analysis, Stakeholder/Distributive Analysis, Risk Analysis