Public World, a London-based consultancy, recently published an article I wrote for them on the state of the sanitation sector in Asia. This piece is based on research which I carried out for my MSc. Thesis in collaboration with WaterAid and Fresh Action Network (FAN) for the 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN IV) held in Sri Lanka in April 2011. These conferences aim to assess the current sanitation situation in all member countries and usually terminate with a set of commitments which countries sign in order to encourage progress.
In preparation for SACOSAN IV, I liaised with practitioners in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan in order to understand their views on what they believe are the greatest sanitation challenges in their respective countries. My aim was to answer the following questions:
- Have governments actually complied with the commitments signed at SACOSANs?
- Most importantly, do these commitments come to grips with actual challenges perceived and identified by country nationals?
To know more about this and have a look at my work, click on the following link and read on! http://www.publicworld.org/news/closing_the_sanitation_gap/
In preparation for SACOSAN IV, I liaised with practitioners in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan in order to understand their views on what they believe are the greatest sanitation challenges in their respective countries. My aim was to answer the following questions:
- Have governments actually complied with the commitments signed at SACOSANs?
- Most importantly, do these commitments come to grips with actual challenges perceived and identified by country nationals?
To know more about this and have a look at my work, click on the following link and read on! http://www.publicworld.org/news/closing_the_sanitation_gap/