Getting Africa to Meet the Sanitation MDG : Lessons from Rwanda
According to the 2010 Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) update household access to sanitation facilities has increased faster in rural Rwanda than in any other country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Almost four million people gained access to improved sanitat...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/14695214/getting-africa-meet-sanitation-mdg-lessons-rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17294 |
| Summary: | According to the 2010 Joint Monitoring
Program (JMP) update household access to sanitation
facilities has increased faster in rural Rwanda than in any
other country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Almost four million
people gained access to improved sanitation between 1990 and
2008. 54 percent of the population currently has access to
improved sanitation, up from a baseline of 23 percent in
1990. Most of this progress has been with households
upgrading 'unimproved' latrines to improved
hygienic ones. While the greatest gains have been in rural
areas, improvements in urban sanitation are notable as
coverage has increased despite tremendous growth in the
urban population. The analysis in the report is structured
around these four phases of development, and seeks to
identify factors, including the enabling policies,
institutions, sector initiatives, and cultural aspects that
help explain how Rwanda has made progress towards the
sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG). While it is
clear that the specific context that characterizes Rwanda is
unique, the report will share some conclusions from
Rwanda's experience for other countries to consider. |
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