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Contextualizing Sustainability in Water Project Management: The Case of Bugesera District, Rwanda

In: Efficiency, Equity and Well-Being in Selected African Countries

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  • Marcela Ramirez Pasillas

    (Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University)

  • Emilienne Uwase

    (Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning)

  • Hans Lundberg

    (School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University
    Universidad Iberoamericana)

Abstract

This paper explores sustainability in water project management following a contextual approach. It relies on an exploratory case study with interviews and field visits to three water project sites in Bugesera district in Rwanda. The results show that water project management includes aspects of social, cultural, environmental and economic sustainability driven by a compliant organization logic. This implies that the water project’s management is steered by existing policies, regulations and procedures. Cultural sustainability in particular is important for capturing contextual practices in the project delivery process, such as Umuganda meetings and committees. Such practices allow the inclusion of the local community by identifying their water needs, defining their benefits and conveying project ownership to them. This study proposes a model following a contextual approach to sustainability in water project management. The model is useful for identifying new contextual/empirical phenomena and for advancing theory.

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  • Marcela Ramirez Pasillas & Emilienne Uwase & Hans Lundberg, 2019. "Contextualizing Sustainability in Water Project Management: The Case of Bugesera District, Rwanda," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, in: Pia Nilsson & Almas Heshmati (ed.), Efficiency, Equity and Well-Being in Selected African Countries, chapter 0, pages 277-306, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:esichp:978-3-030-11419-0_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11419-0_13
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    Keywords

    Water project management; Sustainability; Triple bottom line; Context; Contextualization;
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    JEL classification:

    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics

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