Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan

In Pakistan, the deterioration of the environment continues to harm livelihoods and health, increasing the vulnerability of the nation's poor. It has long been clear that lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities has a wide varie...

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Main Author: World Bank
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-173752021-04-23T14:03:36Z Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan World Bank ACCESS TO WATER ALTERNATIVE SANITATION CLEAN WATER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIARRHEA DISEASE INCIDENCE DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC WATER DRINKING WATER FLUSH TOILET GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HEPATITIS HEPATITIS A HUMAN EXCRETA HUMAN WASTE HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR HYGIENE PRACTICES ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMPACT ON HEALTH INADEQUATE SANITATION INCIDENCE OF DISEASES LACK OF SANITATION LATRINES LEGAL STATUS MALARIA MORTALITY MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL POLICY MAKERS ORAL DISEASES PERSONAL HYGIENE POLIO POLLUTION POOR HYGIENE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING PUBLIC UTILITIES QUALITY OF WATER RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SANITARY FACILITIES SANITARY MANAGEMENT SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INTERVENTIONS SANITATION PROGRAM SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SEPTIC TANK SEWAGE SEWAGE COLLECTION SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SEWERAGE SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STATUS OF SANITATION SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOILET TOILET FACILITIES TOILETS TYPHOID URBAN POPULATION VULNERABILITY WASHING WATER CONSUMPTION WATER COST WATER POLLUTION WATER SUPPLY WATER TREATMENT In Pakistan, the deterioration of the environment continues to harm livelihoods and health, increasing the vulnerability of the nation's poor. It has long been clear that lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities has a wide variety of impacts; however, the data and evidence needed to verify the size of the burden imposed on the people of Pakistan are limited. As a result, investment in the water and sanitation sector remains well below what is required to ensure for the population a basic minimum of services. Indeed, Pakistan's population is projected to grow by more than 2.9 percent a year, which means an additional 4.0 million people each year who will require additional clean water and sanitation facilities. The Water and Sanitation Program undertook this study to conduct evidence based research to help advocacy in the sanitation sector. The study aims to empirically estimate the economic impacts of current poor sanitation conditions in Pakistan as well as the economic benefits of options for improved conditions. The study's ultimate goal is to provide policy makers at both national and local levels with evidence to justify larger investments in improving the sanitation conditions in the country. It also provides recommendations, again based on empirical evidence, for effectively planning and implementing sustainable sanitation and hygiene programs. 2014-03-25T20:12:22Z 2014-03-25T20:12:22Z 2013-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17770509/economic-impacts-inadequate-sanitation-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17375 English en_US Water and sanitation program working paper;WSP. Economics of Sanitation Initiative CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Pakistan
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topic ACCESS TO WATER
ALTERNATIVE SANITATION
CLEAN WATER
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DIARRHEA
DISEASE INCIDENCE
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC WATER
DRINKING WATER
FLUSH TOILET
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEPATITIS
HEPATITIS A
HUMAN EXCRETA
HUMAN WASTE
HYGIENE
HYGIENE BEHAVIOR
HYGIENE PRACTICES
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMPACT ON HEALTH
INADEQUATE SANITATION
INCIDENCE OF DISEASES
LACK OF SANITATION
LATRINES
LEGAL STATUS
MALARIA
MORTALITY
MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL POLICY MAKERS
ORAL DISEASES
PERSONAL HYGIENE
POLIO
POLLUTION
POOR HYGIENE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING
PUBLIC UTILITIES
QUALITY OF WATER
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POPULATION
SANITARY FACILITIES
SANITARY MANAGEMENT
SANITATION COVERAGE
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION INTERVENTIONS
SANITATION PROGRAM
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SEPTIC TANK
SEWAGE
SEWAGE COLLECTION
SEWAGE TREATMENT
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS
SEWERAGE
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
STATUS OF SANITATION
SUSTAINABLE ACCESS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOILET
TOILET FACILITIES
TOILETS
TYPHOID
URBAN POPULATION
VULNERABILITY
WASHING
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER COST
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT
spellingShingle ACCESS TO WATER
ALTERNATIVE SANITATION
CLEAN WATER
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DIARRHEA
DISEASE INCIDENCE
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC WATER
DRINKING WATER
FLUSH TOILET
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEPATITIS
HEPATITIS A
HUMAN EXCRETA
HUMAN WASTE
HYGIENE
HYGIENE BEHAVIOR
HYGIENE PRACTICES
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMPACT ON HEALTH
INADEQUATE SANITATION
INCIDENCE OF DISEASES
LACK OF SANITATION
LATRINES
LEGAL STATUS
MALARIA
MORTALITY
MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL POLICY MAKERS
ORAL DISEASES
PERSONAL HYGIENE
POLIO
POLLUTION
POOR HYGIENE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING
PUBLIC UTILITIES
QUALITY OF WATER
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POPULATION
SANITARY FACILITIES
SANITARY MANAGEMENT
SANITATION COVERAGE
SANITATION FACILITIES
SANITATION INTERVENTIONS
SANITATION PROGRAM
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SEPTIC TANK
SEWAGE
SEWAGE COLLECTION
SEWAGE TREATMENT
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS
SEWERAGE
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
STATUS OF SANITATION
SUSTAINABLE ACCESS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOILET
TOILET FACILITIES
TOILETS
TYPHOID
URBAN POPULATION
VULNERABILITY
WASHING
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER COST
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT
World Bank
Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan
geographic_facet South Asia
Pakistan
relation Water and sanitation program working paper;WSP. Economics of Sanitation Initiative
description In Pakistan, the deterioration of the environment continues to harm livelihoods and health, increasing the vulnerability of the nation's poor. It has long been clear that lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities has a wide variety of impacts; however, the data and evidence needed to verify the size of the burden imposed on the people of Pakistan are limited. As a result, investment in the water and sanitation sector remains well below what is required to ensure for the population a basic minimum of services. Indeed, Pakistan's population is projected to grow by more than 2.9 percent a year, which means an additional 4.0 million people each year who will require additional clean water and sanitation facilities. The Water and Sanitation Program undertook this study to conduct evidence based research to help advocacy in the sanitation sector. The study aims to empirically estimate the economic impacts of current poor sanitation conditions in Pakistan as well as the economic benefits of options for improved conditions. The study's ultimate goal is to provide policy makers at both national and local levels with evidence to justify larger investments in improving the sanitation conditions in the country. It also provides recommendations, again based on empirical evidence, for effectively planning and implementing sustainable sanitation and hygiene programs.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan
title_short Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan
title_full Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan
title_fullStr Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in Pakistan
title_sort economic impacts of inadequate sanitation in pakistan
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17770509/economic-impacts-inadequate-sanitation-pakistan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17375
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