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Handbook on Sanitation for Low Income Communities


Country:
Worldwide
Financing Institution:
World Bank
Name of Client:
World Bank

Contributions to preparation of a handbook on sanitation for low-income communities published by the World Bank.

  • Issues and Lessons, including coverage and level of service, legal impediments, affordability, institutional responsibility, community basis, and the role of women
  • Strategic Sanitation Planning, including policy framework, institutional assessment, the role of the community, private sector participation, technical and social options, cost recovery, and recommended strategy)
  • Integration of best practices into the Project Cycle (identification, preparation, implementation, operations and maintenance, and monitoring and evaluation)
  • Future Directions (unresolved issues and further research).

The handbook contained the following extensive annexes:

Annex A: Technological Options
Annex B: Institutional Options
Annex C: Community Participation Models
Annex D: Techniques to Increase Demand/Acceptance
Annex E: Cost Recovery Options
Annex F: Economic Analysis Examples
Annex G: Stages in Project Development.