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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is among the five poorest countries in the world, whether measured by poverty … water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services is low, with particularly dramatic shortfalls among the poorest and rural …
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"The notion of empowerment has been more often deductively claimed than carefully defined or inductively assessed by development scholars and practitioners alike. The authors define and assess empowerment through an in-depth examination of the extent to which a large community development...
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The public sector of most developing countries is often the target of numerous criticisms - lack of or no infrastructure, absenteeism of service providers like teachers and doctors, poor quality of services, corruption, non-transparency, favoritism, discrimination, etc. While several of these...
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incomes is essential to reducing poverty and ensuring the benefits of growth are distributed more equally. Income growth …
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Better hygiene and access to drinking water and sanitation will accelerate progress toward two millennium development … people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation". Meeting the latter goal will require … day) and access to safe sanitation for 2.2 billion additional people (397,000 per day). Water supply, sanitation, and …
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In Tanzania, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has been supporting the Government of Tanzania in 10 districts to … increase access to improved sanitation. This initiative to improve rural sanitation at large scale combines Community-Led Total … Sanitation (CLTS), behavior change communication, and sanitation marketing approaches, and supports both local and national …
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The handwashing handbook advocates handwashing-with-soap programs to fight the spread of disease. It covers the following components: laying the foundation for a National Handwashing Program; understanding the consumer; and implementing the program. The handbook explains how to research consumer...
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