Question

answer the following question

Answer 1

The analysis will draw upon fieldwork undertaken in 6 states and 12 LGAs to

determine the impact of the federal arrangements on basic service delivery in four key

areas—primary education, primary health care, potable water and sanitation, and local

roads linking communities to schools, health facilities, markets etc.—all of which are

consistently identified by the poor in consultation exercises as among the most important

services for their well-being.2

These are also services for which primary responsibility is

assigned to the states and local governments, and hence suitable areas to study how the

federal system works in practice, and what institutional arrangements would enable better

performance in the delivery of these essential services. The general insights gained from

this exercise is therefore applicable to other sectors and services.