An estimated 20-30% of funds and materials are diverted from sanitation programmes in South India due to corruption, experts have estimated. The Socio-Economic Unit Foundation (SEUF) has successfully employed a number of anti-corruption strategies in a participatory and community-based household sanitation programme, serving more than 200.000 families in 200 Panchayats (communities). It has become a model for many other regions in India.
Published on: 12/02/2009
Learning from experience, using different strategies, including all stakeholders, using preventative measures, reserving enough time and resources for participation and capacity building and focusing on quality assurance rather than anti-corruption are among the lessons SEUF has learned from the programme.
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