Stockholm International Water Institute » Barbara Evans http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Urban Sanitation: Politics in a Dirty World http://www.siwi.org/publication/urban-sanitation-politics-in-a-dirty-world/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/urban-sanitation-politics-in-a-dirty-world/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:37:46 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/urban-sanitation-politics-in-a-dirty-world/ The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) of UNICEF and the World Health Organization estimates that access to basic sanitation in urban populations “crept up” from 79 to 80 percent between 1990 and 2004. One percent may seem minimal, but in conjunction with the increasing size of urban populations the absolute numbers of unserved urban people rose from 475 million to 611 million over the same period. Still, some countries are showing signs of steady progress.

Published in Water Front Magazine No.4 2007.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/urban-sanitation-politics-in-a-dirty-world/feed/ 0 Securing Sanitation: The Compelling Case to Address the Crisis http://www.siwi.org/publication/securing-sanitation-the-compelling-case-to-address-the-crisis/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/securing-sanitation-the-compelling-case-to-address-the-crisis/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:35:05 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/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.

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