Hard-to-Reach Areas : Providing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to All

Water Sanitation coverage in Bangladesh has significantly improved in the last couple of years but research outputs or reports and experience of water and sanitation (WatSan) service providers suggest that there exist pockets of areas in Bangladesh...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, Rokeya, Hassan, Shareful
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/18027519/hard-reach-areas-providing-water-supply-sanitation-services-all
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spelling okr-10986-173742021-04-23T14:03:36Z Hard-to-Reach Areas : Providing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to All Ahmed, Rokeya Hassan, Shareful ACCESS TO WATER APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES COAST COASTAL AREAS DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER COVERAGE DROUGHT EROSION FINANCING WATER SUPPLY FRESH WATER GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER TABLE HOUSEHOLDS HYGIENE ISLAND LATRINE LATRINE COVERAGE MICS NATIONAL WATER OPEN DEFECATION PARTNERSHIP PIT LATRINES POOR WATER QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY PUBLIC FACILITIES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING PUMPS RIVERS SAFE WATER SAFE WATER COVERAGE SANITATION SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION OPTIONS SANITATION PROGRAM SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SERVICE PROVIDERS SL SUPPLY OF WATER TIDAL WAVES URBAN SLUMS WATER BODIES WATER COLLECTION WATER COVERAGE WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER-BORNE DISEASES WELLS Water Sanitation coverage in Bangladesh has significantly improved in the last couple of years but research outputs or reports and experience of water and sanitation (WatSan) service providers suggest that there exist pockets of areas in Bangladesh where WatSan services are not adequate by any standard. Based on practical experience, many of those areas have been identified and termed Hard to reach Areas (HtRAs), which creates the notion that WatSan service providers fail to reach or find it difficult to provide services to these specific areas, however in Banglades, HtRAs can be conceptualized and understood from wider perspectives. For practical purposes, HtRAs are defined in Bangladesh in terms of both their remote geographical location as well as population residing out of the range of development activities. This leads to consideration of issues covered in a socioeconomic factorial analysis, that is, cultural diversity, religious norms, traditional practices, and social norms and values, which play a crucial role in water and sanitation coverage as well as behavioral change in Bangladesh. The community composition, ethnicity, geo-physical traits and environment are determinant factors in achieving success in water and sanitation coverage and behavioral change. 2014-03-25T20:09:13Z 2014-03-25T20:09:13Z 2012-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/18027519/hard-reach-areas-providing-water-supply-sanitation-services-all http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17374 English en_US Water and sanitation program guidance note; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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topic ACCESS TO WATER
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
COAST
COASTAL AREAS
DRINKING WATER
DRINKING WATER COVERAGE
DROUGHT
EROSION
FINANCING WATER SUPPLY
FRESH WATER
GROUND WATER
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER TABLE
HOUSEHOLDS
HYGIENE
ISLAND
LATRINE
LATRINE COVERAGE
MICS
NATIONAL WATER
OPEN DEFECATION
PARTNERSHIP
PIT LATRINES
POOR WATER QUALITY
POPULATION GROWTH
PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY
PUBLIC FACILITIES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING
PUMPS
RIVERS
SAFE WATER
SAFE WATER COVERAGE
SANITATION
SANITATION COVERAGE
SANITATION OPTIONS
SANITATION PROGRAM
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SL
SUPPLY OF WATER
TIDAL WAVES
URBAN SLUMS
WATER BODIES
WATER COLLECTION
WATER COVERAGE
WATER DEVELOPMENT
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
WATER-BORNE DISEASES
WELLS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO WATER
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
COAST
COASTAL AREAS
DRINKING WATER
DRINKING WATER COVERAGE
DROUGHT
EROSION
FINANCING WATER SUPPLY
FRESH WATER
GROUND WATER
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER TABLE
HOUSEHOLDS
HYGIENE
ISLAND
LATRINE
LATRINE COVERAGE
MICS
NATIONAL WATER
OPEN DEFECATION
PARTNERSHIP
PIT LATRINES
POOR WATER QUALITY
POPULATION GROWTH
PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY
PUBLIC FACILITIES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING
PUMPS
RIVERS
SAFE WATER
SAFE WATER COVERAGE
SANITATION
SANITATION COVERAGE
SANITATION OPTIONS
SANITATION PROGRAM
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SL
SUPPLY OF WATER
TIDAL WAVES
URBAN SLUMS
WATER BODIES
WATER COLLECTION
WATER COVERAGE
WATER DEVELOPMENT
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
WATER-BORNE DISEASES
WELLS
Ahmed, Rokeya
Hassan, Shareful
Hard-to-Reach Areas : Providing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to All
geographic_facet South Asia
Bangladesh
relation Water and sanitation program guidance note;
description Water Sanitation coverage in Bangladesh has significantly improved in the last couple of years but research outputs or reports and experience of water and sanitation (WatSan) service providers suggest that there exist pockets of areas in Bangladesh where WatSan services are not adequate by any standard. Based on practical experience, many of those areas have been identified and termed Hard to reach Areas (HtRAs), which creates the notion that WatSan service providers fail to reach or find it difficult to provide services to these specific areas, however in Banglades, HtRAs can be conceptualized and understood from wider perspectives. For practical purposes, HtRAs are defined in Bangladesh in terms of both their remote geographical location as well as population residing out of the range of development activities. This leads to consideration of issues covered in a socioeconomic factorial analysis, that is, cultural diversity, religious norms, traditional practices, and social norms and values, which play a crucial role in water and sanitation coverage as well as behavioral change in Bangladesh. The community composition, ethnicity, geo-physical traits and environment are determinant factors in achieving success in water and sanitation coverage and behavioral change.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Ahmed, Rokeya
Hassan, Shareful
author_facet Ahmed, Rokeya
Hassan, Shareful
author_sort Ahmed, Rokeya
title Hard-to-Reach Areas : Providing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to All
title_short Hard-to-Reach Areas : Providing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to All
title_full Hard-to-Reach Areas : Providing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to All
title_fullStr Hard-to-Reach Areas : Providing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to All
title_full_unstemmed Hard-to-Reach Areas : Providing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to All
title_sort hard-to-reach areas : providing water supply and sanitation services to all
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/18027519/hard-reach-areas-providing-water-supply-sanitation-services-all
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17374
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