What Does It Take to Scale Up Rural Sanitation?
Over the last 30 years, most rural sanitation projects have had pockets of success, but were small in scale and could not be scaled up. Learning how to expand on the successes of small-scale projects to increase access at large scale has been an en...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16505545/take-scale-up-rural-sanitation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17334 |
Summary: | Over the last 30 years, most rural
sanitation projects have had pockets of success, but were
small in scale and could not be scaled up. Learning how to
expand on the successes of small-scale projects to increase
access at large scale has been an enduring challenge.
Project outcomes often fail the sustainability test once
external funding ceases, and the benefits, even if
sustained, remain limited to project areas. Despite growing
political will to do more about rural sanitation, the lack
of evidence and examples of effective and sustainable
large-scale rural sanitation programs has constrained
governments and development partners. In an attempt to help
address these issues, starting in 2007, the World
Bank's Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) provided
technical assistance to help governments design, plan,
implement, and monitor national rural sanitation programs
that start at scale and are sustainable. This initiative was
carried out in three countries, India, Indonesia, and
Tanzania. To increase the supply of sanitation products and
services, efforts were made to build the capacity of local
builders, manufacturers, and suppliers of sanitation
products and services. In addition, in all three countries,
national governments have developed, reformed, or improved
national sanitation policies to become demand-responsive,
and local governments have strengthened their capacity to
facilitate community-led efforts to stop open defecation and
to support the local private sector to build improved
sanitation facilities. |
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