Title | Assessment study of impact and sustainability of Nirmal Gram Puraskar |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Delhi, INCMS-New |
Pagination | xxix, 156 p. : 182 fig., 35 tab. |
Date Published | 2011-01-01 |
Publisher | India, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, DDWS |
Place Published | New Delhi, India |
Keywords | access to sanitation, campaigns, economic aspects, gender, health impact, impact assessment, india, institutional aspects, rural areas, sdiasi, sdiman, social aspects, sustainability |
Abstract | Sanitation is one of the most pressing global development issues in the contemporary world. Posing grave health challenges, exacerbating socio-economic and gender differences and thwarting the process of inclusive growth and development, lack of proper sanitation facilities has serious repercussions for any country. Given the strong direct and indirect linkages of sanitation with socio-economic and health aspects, it has been appropriately included in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Out of eight MDGs, three are directly linked to sanitation: reduce child mortality, combat disease and ensure environmental sustainability. Even the first goal, eradicate extreme poverty, is linked to sanitation as high health and coping costs associated with illnesses caused by inadequate sanitation drain productivity and incomes, contributing to poverty. [Author's abstract] |
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