@article{fdi:010078773,
  title = {{A}ssessment of capital expenditure in achieving sanitation-related {MDG} targets and the uncertainties of the {SDG} targets in {A}lgeria},
  author = {{K}herbache, {N}abil and {O}ukaci, {K}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper studies sanitation policy in {A}lgeria by conducting an assessment of the capital expenditure on sanitation improvements between 2000 and 2018. {I}t focuses on the period of implementation of the {M}illennium {D}evelopment {G}oals ({MDG}s) between 2000 and 2015 and the first years of the {S}ustainable {D}evelopment {G}oals ({SDG}s) from 2016 to 2018. {T}he paper aims also to assess the level of subsidies for sanitation services in {A}lgeria and the lack of full cost recovery. {W}e then emphasise the idle capacity for wastewater treatment plants ({WWTP}s)and the risks of wastewater discharge on public health and ecological integrity. {O}ur methodological approach ismultidimensional and based on a critical reading of reports by institutions responsible for the implementation of sanitation policy. {W}e used water and sanitation data from the water authorities to evaluate the funding of the sanitation subsector and to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of this sub-sector. {T}his study was also facilitated by semi-structured interviews with executive staffin water institutions responsible for the implementation of sanitation policy in {A}lgeria. {I}n the period studied (2000–2018) we find that the sanitation subsector benefited from a significant investment budget (or budgetary allocations) of nearly {US}$7.58 billion (inconstant 1999 {US}$), representing 20.53% of the total budget allocated to the water sector. {H}owever, the low absorption capacity, estimated at 62.7% between 2000 and 2015, meant that the capital expenditure ofachieving {MDG} target 7.{C} related to sanitation was {US}$4.38 billion (in constant 1999 {US}$) out of {US}$6.98 billion allocated for the same period. {T}he study shows that the decline in real investment since 2009, with a funding gap that increased from 201.49% in 2015 to 385.56% in 2018, casts uncertainty on the fulfillment of {SDG} targets 6.2 and 6.3 related to sanitation. {I}t is thus very difficult to meet the level of investment planned for 2030. {I}t seems, therefore, that the {SDG}s will only be comfortably achieved if reforms towards the sustainable recovery of sanitation service costs are undertaken.},
  keywords = {{ALGERIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}orld {D}evelopment {P}erspectives},
  volume = {19},
  numero = {},
  pages = {100236 [12 ]},
  ISSN = {2452-2929},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.wdp.2020.100236},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078773},
}