Nicaragua : The Cost of Inadequate Sanitation

This report examines the social economic impact of inadequate sanitation in Nicaragua. The study on which it is based has been promoted by the Economics of Sanitation Initiative (ESI), led by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank (WSP)...

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Main Author:	Larsen, Bjorn
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO WATER BETTER HYGIENE CHILD HEALTH CHLORINATION CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLEAN WATER SUPPLY CUBIC METERS OF WATER DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRAINS DRINKING WATER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FORMULATION OF POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HANDS WITH SOAP HANDWASHING HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN EXCRETA HYGIENE HYGIENE PRACTICES HYGIENE PROMOTION IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT INADEQUATE SANITATION INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERVENTION INVESTMENTS IN SANITATION LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF SANITATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MUNICIPAL WATER NATIONAL POLICIES PERSONAL HYGIENE POLLUTION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SAFE DRINKING SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFE WATER SAFE WATER SUPPLY SAFETY SANITARY FACILITIES SANITATION SANITATION ACCESS SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION PROGRAM SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION SYSTEM SANITATION SYSTEMS SCHOOL CHILDREN SEWER CONNECTION SUBSISTENCE FARMING SUPPLY OF WATER SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TOILET TOILETS TYPHOID URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION WASHING HANDS WATER COST WATER CRISIS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER TREATMENT WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18300247/economics-sanitation-initiative-nicaragua-cost-inadequate-sanitation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23694

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Summary:	This report examines the social economic impact of inadequate sanitation in Nicaragua. The study on which it is based has been promoted by the Economics of Sanitation Initiative (ESI), led by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank (WSP). The report includes basic information on Nicaragua, records of sanitation in the country and the results of the analysis of the economic impacts on health, water resources, tourism, and other impacts on welfare.

Nicaragua : The Cost of Inadequate Sanitation

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