In 2017, the Government of Pakistan rolled out Joint Sector Reviews (JSR) in four provinces in order to periodically assess the performance of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. UNICEF, the Government, development partners, and civil society participated in the process, using the WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool (WASH-BAT) as a guiding framework. The WASH-BAT, which was designed by UNICEF with inputs from WASH sector stakeholders, was used to facilitate joint identification and prioritisation of sector bottlenecks and create an action plan for their removal. The WASH-BAT covers different sub-sectors (e.g. urban water supply, rural water supply, urban sanitation, rural sanitation, urban hygiene, and rural hygiene) and different levels of implementation (e.g. national, provincial and district).

The WASH-BAT has already proven to be an effective tool in assessing the WASH sector bottlenecks, at both provincial and national levels in Pakistan. During the past three years, it has become evident that bottlenecks also exist at the grassroots level, hence the need for district JSRs. With DFID support, UNICEF and the Government of Punjab conducted a district-level JSR in Jhang District, where implementation of the Accelerated Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA-2) project is underway.

This field note describes how the JSR was conducted in Jhang District, using WASH-BAT. Key WASH bottlenecks in Jhang District are described, along with proposed actions for mitigation and the removal of identified impediments.

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Kugedera, Z., Ambreen, S. (2021). District-level Joint Sector Review and WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool Lessons Learned from Jhang, Pakistan UNICEF

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