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Over the years, the Philippines has made progress in improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. Despite … WASH is particularly evident in the poorest regions where even basic water and sanitation services are lacking. This … equitable access to safe water and sanitation …
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public banks and public water operators for the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation. It identifies challenges and … and scholars of water resource management, water and health, sanitation and sustainable development. It will also be of … interest to professionals and policymakers working with public and development banks in the supply of safe water and sanitation …
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Imperfect capital markets and commitment problems impede lumpy human capital investments. Labeled loans have been postulated as a potential solution to both constraints, but little is known about the role of the label in influencing investment choices in practice. We draw on a cluster randomized...
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We exploit novel data collected within a randomized controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study … how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We … we document influence borrowing and investments: uptake of the sanitation loan is higher among households where the wife …
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on Sanitation (rainwater drainage, sewage, drinking water, and solid waste) - and the Sistema Integrado de Planejamento e …
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that influence the quality of life and health of a population. In recent decades, access to basic sanitation services has … from ideal. The Federal Constitution of 1988 includes basic sanitation as a right of the Brazilian population. Currently …, 2023, the universalization of access to basic sanitation services is still far from reality. The distance from this …
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better results, at least in the area of basic sanitation. …
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Human excreta are a sustainable, economical source of nutrients, and can be used to produce recycling fertilizer for horticulture by collecting and processing the contents of dry toilets. Herein, we discuss the key categories of risk associated with the main groups of materials commonly found in...
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This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of Metropolitan Lima between October and November 2021. The survey was applied to households residing close to and on both sides of the geographic boundary of...
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This article's main objective is to present an overview of the financing of public basic sanitation services in Brazil … sector, in addition to the focus on drinking water and sanitation. The importance of debentures in the current set of … financing sources for sanitation in Brazil is highlighted, even though the granting of incentives is recent in the country …
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