Promising Progress : A Diagnostic of Water Supply, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Poverty in Bangladesh
This summary report presents the findings of the Bangladesh WASH Poverty Diagnostic (BWPD) study led by the World Bank's Water and Poverty Global Practices. Though very few Bangladeshis now fetch water from rivers or defecate in fields, the va...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/152341520607754248/Precarious-progress-a-diagnostic-of-water-supply-sanitation-hygiene-and-poverty-in-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29450 |
| Summary: | This summary report presents the
findings of the Bangladesh WASH Poverty Diagnostic (BWPD)
study led by the World Bank's Water and Poverty Global
Practices. Though very few Bangladeshis now fetch water from
rivers or defecate in fields, the vast majority still live
in environments plagued by inadequate water supply,
sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) that hinder the
country's overall development. BWPD is a data-driven
exercise with an objective to highlight the key inadequacies
in WASH service delivery and guide country and sector
priorities for maximum impact during the Sustainable
Development Goal era. BWPD gives a snapshot of the quality
and inequality of WASH access by generating statistics from
numerous datasets. BWPD also attempts to show the
implications of these numbers on human development and
poverty reduction. A large portion of the work is dedicated
to presenting stylized facts on the synergies between
different dimensions of WASH and human development outcomes
such as in health, nutrition, and education. Further, the
generated numbers should help government and other
stakeholders identify gaps in service delivery and ask
questions on why these gaps exist. The final portion of this
study begins a discussion on the institutional challenges
that could be inhibiting high-quality service delivery. The
report concludes by offering recommendations for moving
Bangladesh's WASH sector forward. |
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