Water, water everywhere: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of World Bank\u27s and UNICEF\u27s Efforts to Provide Access to Clean Water in Nigeria

This thesis examines the debate surrounding the effectiveness of international aid organizations’ efforts to reduce poverty and promote economic development. Its goal is consider two major international organizations, World Bank and UNICEF, in order to make a judgment on which approach is more effective: direct government aid or community-based efforts. Specifically, this thesis examines World Bank’s and UNICEF’s efforts to provide access to clean water in Nigeria. In the first chapter, it reports on the significance of clean water to an individual, the United States, developing nations, and the world at large. This thesis provides its own criteria for an effective effort to provide access to clean water. Also, this thesis provides a brief overview of the histo^ and structure of both organizations and then describes in detail each organization s specific programs for providing access to clean water. Next, each progr^ and judged based on the criteria developed for this thesis. It concludes that UNICEF s approach of community-based efforts is more effective in providing access to clean water in Nigeria than World Bank’s approach of direct government aid