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Lesson Learned

Sequencing infrastructure works and household connections can be challenging but there should be greater coordination between such activities when possible to increase access to the poor.

Sequencing infrastructure works and household connections can be challenging but there should be greater coordination between such activities when possible to increase access to the poor. The two FASA projects on Sao Vicente aimed to expand the water and sewer networks. This island had one of the few cases where activities to provide subsidized connections through the Fundo de Acesso Social (FAS) interventions took place in the same community as the FASA. The evaluation found that the FASA and FAS activities missed out on the potential for synergy because network expansions happened after household connections in most neighborhoods and did not make as much progress as hoped toward reducing social inequalities in access to improved water and sanitation. As a result, projects should work to align implementation of infrastructure works to expand water distribution networks with activities that support subsidized household connections.