The last point, which is in some ways the most important, is the need for consistency across projects in the same sector. The Portfolio Review found from the experience in sectoral projects, for example water and sanita- tion, that in some cases communities, even very poor communities, have been willing, indeed anxious, to contribute to a service that would meet their needs and that they knew they would receive. However, if they could get the service for free, or with less arduous requirements through, for instance, a social fund, then the social fund undermined the sectoral reforms that had been in place for some time in that country
