Securing Sanitation: The Compelling Case to Address the Crisis

Sanitation and the means to practice hygienic behaviors yield direct benefits in terms of health, education and economic productivity. Lack of access to this most basic of needs is an assault against human dignity.

This report lays out the economic case for investing in sanitation: 1.47 billion people (20% of the world’s population) stand to benefit if the target is met and the economic benefits could be as high as USD 65 billion annually.