ANALYZING THE DEVOLVING WATER SECTOR IN KENYA

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. The ODI Development and Public Finance group has been working with NYU to develop an analytical framework for understanding the impact of intergovernmental finance arrangements on public service delivery in developing nations. ODI tasked a Capstone team with testing this framework in the devolving water sector of Kenya. The team collected data and conducted field interviews with key Kenyan stakeholders, including subnational and nongovernmental officials in four counties: Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Kiambu, and Murang’a. With its findings, the team prepared a final report with recommendations for ODI to develop their efforts to reform intergovernmental financial arrangements and improve the delivery of water and other public services.