1) Low income stable countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have made the most progress increasing access to water supply and sanitation between 1990 and 2008.
2) Connecting water sector planning and budgets to strengthened core government systems, like those seen in countries with Poverty Reduction Strategy Processes, positions countries to deliver services at scale.
3) Ethiopia has shown progress in rural water supply through national planning processes, strengthened local government budgets, and sector systems connected to core government systems and implemented countrywide.