Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India

Open defecation is a traditional behavior in rural India. Conventional rural sanitation programs have been based on the assumption that people defecate in the open because they are too poor to afford the cost of constructing a toilet. Therefore, su...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BASIC SANITATION BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKING PROCESS BEST PRACTICE CAPITAL COSTS LEGAL STATUS MARKETING RESULTS RURAL SANITATION RURAL SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION SANITATION PROGRAMS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SCHOOL SANITATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT TOILETS TOTAL SANITATION TREND ANALYSIS USER VERIFICATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/04/12836514/india-global-scaling-up-sanitation-project-benchmarking-local-government-performance-rural-sanitation-learning-himachal-pradesh-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11707

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spelling	okr-10986-117072021-04-23T14:02:56Z Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India World Bank BASIC SANITATION BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKING PROCESS BEST PRACTICE CAPITAL COSTS LEGAL STATUS MARKETING RESULTS RURAL SANITATION RURAL SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION SANITATION PROGRAMS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SCHOOL SANITATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT TOILETS TOTAL SANITATION TREND ANALYSIS USER VERIFICATION Open defecation is a traditional behavior in rural India. Conventional rural sanitation programs have been based on the assumption that people defecate in the open because they are too poor to afford the cost of constructing a toilet. Therefore, subsidies for upfront capital costs were provided to generate demand for 'sanitation,' interpreted narrowly as a pour-flush toilet. These programs increased the reported coverage of household toilets but had a poor record with respect to toilet usage, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability. To address the shortcomings of conventional rural sanitation programs, the Government of India launched the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in 1999, with the goal of achieving universal rural sanitation coverage by 2012. The Water and Sanitation Program's (WSP) Global Scaling up Sanitation Project (also known as Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing, or TSSM) leverages the TSC framework and resources. TSSM combines Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) with sanitation marketing to help local governments effectively use their funds to end open defecation and achieve sustainable impact. 2012-08-13T15:47:36Z 2012-08-13T15:47:36Z 2010-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/04/12836514/india-global-scaling-up-sanitation-project-benchmarking-local-government-performance-rural-sanitation-learning-himachal-pradesh-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11707 English Water and Sanitation Program : Learning Note CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic	BASIC SANITATION BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKING PROCESS BEST PRACTICE CAPITAL COSTS LEGAL STATUS MARKETING RESULTS RURAL SANITATION RURAL SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION SANITATION PROGRAMS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SCHOOL SANITATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT TOILETS TOTAL SANITATION TREND ANALYSIS USER VERIFICATION
spellingShingle	BASIC SANITATION BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKING PROCESS BEST PRACTICE CAPITAL COSTS LEGAL STATUS MARKETING RESULTS RURAL SANITATION RURAL SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION SANITATION PROGRAMS SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SCHOOL SANITATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT TOILETS TOTAL SANITATION TREND ANALYSIS USER VERIFICATION World Bank Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India
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description	Open defecation is a traditional behavior in rural India. Conventional rural sanitation programs have been based on the assumption that people defecate in the open because they are too poor to afford the cost of constructing a toilet. Therefore, subsidies for upfront capital costs were provided to generate demand for 'sanitation,' interpreted narrowly as a pour-flush toilet. These programs increased the reported coverage of household toilets but had a poor record with respect to toilet usage, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability. To address the shortcomings of conventional rural sanitation programs, the Government of India launched the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in 1999, with the goal of achieving universal rural sanitation coverage by 2012. The Water and Sanitation Program's (WSP) Global Scaling up Sanitation Project (also known as Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing, or TSSM) leverages the TSC framework and resources. TSSM combines Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) with sanitation marketing to help local governments effectively use their funds to end open defecation and achieve sustainable impact.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	World Bank
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title	Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India
title_short	Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India
title_full	Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India
title_fullStr	Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India
title_full_unstemmed	Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India
title_sort	benchmarking local government performance on rural sanitation : learning from himachal pradesh, india
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/04/12836514/india-global-scaling-up-sanitation-project-benchmarking-local-government-performance-rural-sanitation-learning-himachal-pradesh-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11707
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Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation : Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India

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