The Last Taboo

Black, Maggie; Fawcett, Ben

doi:10.4324/9781849776325

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“…However, little research has been carried out on causal pathways through which water and sanitation may impact on health, a challenge even with a large research budget. In addition, by contributing to education and socio‐economic development (Black & Fawcett ), water and sanitation (unlike blood pressure drugs) are likely to produce long term, indirect health effects, which will be almost impossible to quantify.…”

Section: The Global Burden Of Disease Study – the Ultimate Number Gamementioning

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The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease

Schmidt

2014

Tropical Med Int Health

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The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease

Schmidt

2014

Tropical Med Int Health

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“…This is corroborated by the tendency of neglected communities to fulfill their sanitation needs on their own (Collignon & Vezina, ), and by the results of our quantitative water governance analysis, which mentions that the sociopolitical dimension of water governance factors (i.e., represented by government effectiveness and regulatory quality and policy and regulation inclusiveness ) are among the most influential factors to the inequality of access to sanitation phenomenon. Slum communities, and other communities that were excluded from basic sanitation services, are trying their best to provide themselves basic sanitation services, mostly by relying on small‐scale independent sanitation service providers; they have no hope that the state water governance regime could provide sanitation services (Black & Fawcett, ; Chaplin, ; Collignon & Vezina, ). The 2012 UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation report provided important insights regarding this condition.…”

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“…Furthermore, it could be due to how the sanitation target is often perceived as a secondary target, or it could be seen as the expected spill-over effect of water projects that are not achieved in most cases (de Albuquerque, 2012;Mashiloane, 2017;Van Minh & Hung, 2011). The sociopolitical dimension, which is a foundation of water governance system, is in better shape in the water access regime, compared to in the sanitation access regime; this is a widely known idea (Black & Fawcett, 2008;de Albuquerque, 2012;Van Minh & Hung, 2011), and it was confirmed by our results of the water governance analysis. The question is: why?…”

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“…In addition, the majority of the financing plans tend to focus on large-scale and centralized systems that favor certain portions of the population, rather than the localized and functional basic systems that could reach the underserved and unserved populations (de Albuquerque, 2012;WHO and UNDP, 2007;UN-Water, 2010). Even though the evidence of inequality in terms of the priorities of water governance regimes is irrefutable, the idea of delinking the sanitation access regime from the water access regime is a subject of debate because water and sanitation are closely interrelated with each other (Black & Fawcett, 2008). In order to achieve equity in access to water and sanitation, water governance with a strong motivation to reduce inequality of access is pivotal for to-the-point policy making.…”

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Water Governance Contribution to Water and Sanitation Access Equality in Developing Countries

Bayu

Kim

Oki

2020

Water Resources Research

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Access to basic water service and basic sanitation service has been acknowledged as fundamental human rights. It also has been mentioned in UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 to ensure that all people will have equal access to both water and sanitation service, as well as embedded in Goal 10 that aims to reduce inequality and promoting inclusiveness. However, the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme 2017 reported that 844 million people are still living without basic access to water, and 2.3 billion are still excluded from basic sanitation service. In this study, we present quantitative global-scale analysis of inequality of accessing the water and sanitation services from different wealth groups in 82 developing countries. We found that access inequality is rampant among developing countries particularly in terms of accessing basic sanitation service which the poor populations tend to be excluded in accessing the basic service. Based on combined multiple global data sets, we further identify which components of water governance are the key contributors to access inequality in water and sanitation services. We conclude that social and political dimension of water governance, such as government effectiveness, are influencing the occurrence of inequality of access to sanitation service in developing countries, while the inequality of access to basic water service was strongly influenced by the economic aspect of water governance, such as absorption of aid funds.Plain Language Summary Access to basic water service and basic sanitation service has been acknowledged as fundamental human rights, and all people should have equal access to both water and sanitation service. Despite being placed in such important goals, a considerable number of people still facing difficulties from accessing to basic service. We present first analysis of inequality of accessing the water and sanitation services from different wealth groups in developing countries. We found that inequality is rampant among developing countries particularly in term of accessing basic sanitation service which the poor populations tend to be excluded in accessing the basic service. Water governance is the management system that control how water resources are allocated, including basic water and basic sanitation service provision. We conclude that social and political dimension of water governance are influencing the occurrence of inequality of access to sanitation service in developing countries, while the inequality of access to basic water service was strongly influenced by the economic aspect of water governance. These results can help government to understand how different the inequality of access of water and sanitation is, and to help making informed decision to address the issue of access inequality in more suitable approach.

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“… 10. See reference 7, Isunju et al (2011) ; also Jenkins, M W and V Curtis (2005) , “Achieving the ‘good life’: Why some people want latrines in rural Benin”, Social Science & Medicine Vol 61, No 11, pages 2446–2459; Jenkins, M W and S Cairncross (2010) , “Modelling latrine diffusion in Benin: towards a community typology of demand for improved sanitation in developing countries”, Journal of Water and Health Vol 8, No 1, pages 166–183; and Black, M and B Fawcett (2010) , The Last Taboo , Routledge, 272 pages. …”

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User perceptions of and willingness to pay for household container-based sanitation services: experience from Cap Haitien, Haiti

Russel¹,

Tilmans²,

Kramer³

et al. 2015

Environment and Urbanization

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Household-level container-based sanitation (CBS) services may help address the persistent challenge of providing effective, affordable sanitation services for which low-income urban households are willing to pay. Little is known, however, about user perceptions of and demand for household CBS services. This study presents the results of a pilot CBS service programme in Cap Haitien, Haiti. One hundred and eighteen households were randomly selected to receive toilets and a twice-weekly collection service. After three months, changes in these households’ satisfaction with their sanitation situation, along with feelings of pride, modernity and personal safety, were compared to 248 households in two comparison cohorts. Following the service pilot, 71 per cent of participating households opted to continue with the container-based sanitation service as paying subscribers. The results from this study suggest that, in the context of urban Haiti, household CBS systems have the potential to satisfy many residents’ desire for safe, convenient and modern sanitation services.

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The Last Taboo

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The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease

The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease

Water Governance Contribution to Water and Sanitation Access Equality in Developing Countries

User perceptions of and willingness to pay for household container-based sanitation services: experience from Cap Haitien, Haiti

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