Report Date: 2018

The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Bottleneck Analysis Tools (WASHBAT) is a systematic and dynamic way to identify factors (or 'bottlenecks') preventing sustainable service delivery and the achievement of national or sub-national WASH targets. Although available resources may not always be enough to remove the bottlenecks completely, the tool allows for prioritizing activities and planning multi-step and sequenced implementation. Bottleneck analysis is, therefore, more than a methodology: it is a process, and as such, it is more powerful when led by a government sector agency that takes ownership of the tool and its findings. In turn, the participation of a range of stakeholders helps to ensure that the sector diagnosis reflects a diversity of viewpoints leading to increasing the transparency and credibility of the analysis and the findings. Furthermore, if all stakeholders can support the implementation of solutions to remove the identified bottlenecks, it is possible to attract and mobilize the required financial and human resources for WASH sector development in its entity. This report shows an extensive analysis of WASH bottlenecks.