| Sanitation Verdict | 5/20 |
| Water Verdict | 0/20 |
| WASH % of gov. budget | 2.58% (2011) |
| Key Facts | |
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| HDI Position (UNDP) | 147/187 |
| Population (millions, World Bank) | 1.14 |
| Child mortality rate (UNICEF) | 80/1000 |
| Annual child diarrhoea deaths (UNICEF) | 188 |
The majority of data on this country page was provided by Jose Seixas from WaterAid Timor-Leste zitu010@yahoo.com
(Monitoring the EASAN declarations)
Last edited by Jose Seixas at WaterAid Timor-Leste 9 months ago
See regional summary| Category | Criteria | Rating | Justification |
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| Verdict (out of 20) | 5 | ||
| Policy | Is there a national sanitation policy? | 1 |
There is a draft, not yet approved by Council of Ministers. It is a good policy. When it is approved and put into practice, Timor-Leste will have 2 points on most of these questions. |
| Is there one national plan to meet the sanitation MDG target? | 1 |
Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Strategy was produced in 2008, but the new draft sanitation policy says “A national sanitation strategy shall be developed.” This is not happened yet. |
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| Is adequate attention given to sanitation within the PRSP? | N/A |
The Prime Minister has a draft of a new Strategic Development Plan (SDP), but it is not finished. This SDP will form the basis of a new 5-year plan. |
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| Institutions | Is there a principal accountable institution to take leadership on sanitation? | 0 |
The latest draft of the policy indicates that the Ministry of Health is “leading coordination at the national and district level for sanitation and hygiene” but there is still some dispute. When the policy is ratified, this should become 1. |
| Is there one coordinating body for sanitation involving all stakeholders? | 0 |
See above – a coordinating body will be convened by the Ministry of Health under the implementation of the new policy. |
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| Is there provision within the policy and investment plan for sanitation sector capacity development? | 1 |
Much effort has been put into capacity development, particularly through the BESIK programme funded by AusAid |
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| Finance | Is there a specific public sector budget line for sanitation? | 0 |
Not yet |
| Is there a sector investment plan for sanitation? | 1 |
The current draft of the policy states that “A national sanitation investment plan shall be developed to finance each five-year national sanitation strategy.” |
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| Is 0.5% of GDP allocated to sanitation? | 0 |
No. |
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| Monitoring | Is there a sanitation performance monitoring system? | 1 |
In the draft policy, there is colour-coding for different levels of sanitation in sucos. This will become 2 when policy ratified. |
| Verdict (out of 20) | 5 | ||
Last edited by Jose Seixas at WaterAid Timor-Leste 9 months ago
See regional summary| Category | Criteria | Rating | Justification |
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| Verdict (out of 20) | 0 | ||
| Policy | Is there a comprehensive policy for water supply? | N/A |
I have not yet prepared the analysis for water but we will do it in a few weeks |
| Is there a plan for meeting the water MDG target or equivalent? | N/A | ||
| Are there specific measures in the plan for targeting poor people, and addressing the interests of women? | N/A | ||
| Institutions | Is there clear separation of institutional roles? | N/A | |
| Is there a lead ministry responsible for water supply? | N/A | ||
| Are donors harmonising their support behind national sector plans? | N/A | ||
| Is there provision within the policy for water supply sector capacity development? | N/A | ||
| Finance | Are actors responsible for delivering water supply services adequately resourced, particularly if local governments? | N/A | |
| Is there a sector investment plan for water supply? | N/A | ||
| Monitoring | Is there an effective framework for performance monitoring? | N/A | |
| Verdict (out of 20) | 0 | ||
| Financial indicators | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Gov. WASH Budget as % of total budget | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.567 | 2 | 2.58 | N/A |
| Gov. WASH budget as % of GDP | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.444 | 1.46 | 2.41 | N/A |
| Gov. WASH budget (current $US, millions) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.5 | 12.8 | 25.4 | N/A |
| Gov. WASH Budget (local currency, millions) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3 | 12 | 25 | N/A |
| Gov. budget for sanitation only (local currency, millions) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A |
| Total Gov. budget (local currency, millions) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 618 | 637 | 985 | N/A |
| GDP (current $US, millions, IMF) | 445 | 445 | 665 | 788 | 875 | 1,050 | 1,050 |
| Average $US exchange rate for that year (xe.com) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Water | Sanitation |
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| 69% | 47% |
There are a number of ways to measure the proportion of people that have access to sanitation and water in a country. Governments often use a combination of management information systems and household surveys.
The official data which the UN uses to monitor progress on the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) comes from the WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). JMP aggregates data from household surveys carried out by governments.
WASHwatch.org shows JMP data because it is comparable across countries and uses the MDG definitions of access to sanitation and water. Some Governments prefer to quote the latest data from their household surveys, the best source of this information is the national statistics bureau or equivalent.