Development of a rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene strategy in the context of decentralisation in Cambodia

There are number of serious challenges facing the rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector in Cambodia, including uncertainties over decentralisation reforms. For the development of a RWSSH Strategy to address these challenges, they were characterised as a “wicked problem” and a process of “mess mapping” was used to understand the challenges from the perspectives of stakeholders from national to commune level. These proved to be a useful conceptual approach and practical process respectively