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This paper presents the findings of a study on the governance and political economy of water and sanitation service delivery in Vietnam commissioned by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). It indicates that one of the main conundrums faced by DFID staff working on issues of water supply and sanitation is the simultaneous presence of persistently disappointing outcomes in the rural sanitation subsector under the current policy paradigm and the limited uptake at scale of a number of seemingly effective ‘innovative approaches’ that have been piloted with donor support.