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100	1	0	_aGangneron, Fabrice _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Becerra, Sylvia _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Hamath Dia, Amadou _eauthor
245	0	0	_aOf Pumps and Men
260			_c2010.
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520			_aSince the 1990’s the Sahelian municipality of Hombori has been equipped with manual pumps for domestic use. Cheap and easy to use they appear to be well adapted to poor populations. However, the use of pumps necessitates the purchase of spare parts and that constitutes a new situation in those areas where water is usually free of access. In fact, the donors impose their rule: “users’ committees” – have to organize the payment by the users; but some “committees” remain totally inactive whereas others invent new forms of organization where water for everybody is not the only thing at stake. So, this article shows that the process consisting to separate the pumps management from the other economic and social aspects of the local situation does not work. Finally, the procedures which drive the installation or the pumps show that the political commitment which consists in encouraging the participation of the population rarely works in practice.
690			_asociotechnics changes
690			_aManagement committee
690			_ahand water pumps
786	0		_nAutrepart | o 55 | 3 | 2010-10-22 | p. 39-56 | 1278-3986
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-autrepart-2010-3-page-39?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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