State Legitimacy and MSP Service Delivery in Buhinyuza Burundi

Case Study Report: This report is an outcome of the „MSPs, Service Delivery and State Institutions‟ working group of the „Network for Peace, Security and Development‟ carried out with the objective to generate insight in:
- the cooperation between multiple state and non-state actors for the improvement and delivery of basic services (focused on utilities); and -how these arrangements may contribute to the legitimacy and effectiveness of the state institutions involved in such cooperation processes.

The report consists of four sections. The first section gives an overview of our research objectives and approach. A more elaborate description of our theory and methodology as conceived in the working group‟s Theoretical Framework is provided in the country report. Section 2 provides the context of the case-study in terms of Burundi‟s service delivery sector; its WASH institutions; and the socio-economic context of the case-study. A more thorough context analysis of the Burundian state can be found in the country report. The report‟s third section describes and analyses the functioning of the MSP under study. Section 4 consists of an analysis of the impact the MSP had on the legitimacy of various state institutions and section 5, finally, provides a conclusion.

Peace Security and Development Network 2011

This publication is an outcome of the in 2008 established ‘Network for Peace, Security and Development’. The Network aims to support and encourage the sharing of expertise and cooperation between the different Dutch sectors and organisations involved in fragile states. The PSD Network is an initiative under the Schokland Agreements in 2007.