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The Challenge of Improving Water and Sanitation Services in Less Developed Countries

By: Dale Whittington,W. Michael Hanemann,Claudia Sadoff,Marc Jeuland

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The Challenge of Improving Water and Sanitation Services in Less Developed Countries

By: Dale Whittington,W. Michael Hanemann,Claudia Sadoff,Marc Jeuland

This paper argues that there are many challenges to designing and implementing water and sanitation interventions that actually deliver economic benefits to the households in developing countries. Perhaps most critical to successful water and sanitation investments is to discover and implement forms of service and payment mechanisms that will render the improvements worthwhile for those who must pay for them. In this paper, we argue that, in many cases, the conventional network technologies of water supply and sanitation will fail this test, and that poor households need alternative, non-network technologies. However, it will not necessarily be the case that specific non-network improved water supply and/or sanitation technologies will always be seen as worthwhile by those who must pay for them. We argue that there is no easy panacea to resolve this situation. For any intervention, the outcome is likely to be context-dependent. An intervention that works well in one locality may fail miserably in another. For any given technology, the outcome will depend on economic and social conditions, including how it is implemented, by whom, and often on the extent to which complementary behavioral, institutional and organizational changes also occur. For this reason, we warn against excessive generalization: one cannot, in our view, say that one intervention yields a rate of return of x% while another yields a return of y%, because the economic returns are likely to vary with local circumstances. More important is to identify the circumstances under which an intervention is more or less likely to succeed. Also for this reason, when we analyze a few selected water and sanitation interventions, we employ a probabilistic rather than a deterministic analysis to emphasize that real world outcomes are likely to vary substantially.

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154

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Now Publishers Inc

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1601982488

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9781601982483

Implementing Sustainable Development

From Global Policy to Local Action

By: Phillip J. Cooper,Claudia María Vargas

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Implementing Sustainable Development

From Global Policy to Local Action

By: Phillip J. Cooper,Claudia María Vargas

Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenge of turning international commitments and policy promises into action. Using examples and cases from around the U.S. and around the world, it examines the successful and failed efforts designed to address the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainable development. Based on broad research that started before the Earth Summit, Implementing Sustainable Development offers a practical and useful approach to identifying and addressing policy implementation challenges.

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441

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461637678

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9781461637677

Efficient Management of Wastewater

Its Treatment and Reuse in Water-Scarce Countries

By: Ismail Al Baz,Ralf Otterpohl,Claudia Wendland

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Efficient Management of Wastewater

Its Treatment and Reuse in Water-Scarce Countries

By: Ismail Al Baz,Ralf Otterpohl,Claudia Wendland

Water reuse management is one of the challenges all water scarce countries have to deal with in the coming decades. The present book highlights non-conventional solutions within the field of wastewater treatment and reuse predominantly for professionals and decision makers. It focuses on technologies which are reliable, sustainable, low cost and suitable for rural and sub urban areas. In addition, particularly innovative on-site concepts are presented.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540744924

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The Challenge of Improving Water and Sanitation Services in Less Developed Countries

The Challenge of Improving Water and Sanitation Services in Less Developed Countries

Implementing Sustainable Development

Implementing Sustainable Development

Efficient Management of Wastewater

Efficient Management of Wastewater

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