Brazil has more than 23 million rural people with unimproved sanitation, which corresponds to about 75% of rural … main disease caused by unimproved sanitation) similar to the poorer countries of Africa and it is the third largest in … caused by implementation of a technological proposal for sanitation: “septic cesspool biodigester”, as an alternative for the …

Since the State’s inception, the growth process in Gujarat and its regions has experienced ups and downs in the …. This paper is devoted to looking at the long term macro-economic growth pattern of Gujarat since its inception. It … comparative picture of Gujarat in the national economy is presented, together with a discussion on changing structure of Gujarat …

could be understood in the present context. The paper ends with a case study of the state of Gujarat in India, which shows …

potential of the economy. Sector-wise performance of Gujarat economy is analyzed with a focus on key engines of growth and the … effective role of these growth engines in macro economic acceleration of Gujarat Economy. During the nineties, Gujarat improved … its economic performance remarkably in almost all secondary and tertiary sectors. While Gujarat has very strong …

With the presence of MNCs and Big corporate players of the country, Gujarat holds a strategic position in the Indian … Power, India. Gujarat has installed capacity of 9288 MW with the projected peak demand of 10605 MW. The expected addition of … highlights the achievements of Jyotigram Yojana, the flagship programme of Gujarat Government to provide uninterrupted supply of …

The international debate on the question of whether shared and/or public sanitation facilities should be considered … improved is still open. The concern is that a shared sanitation facility cannot be maintained in hygienic conditions when used … by too many people. The analysis of 1’500 randomly selected toilets in the urban slums of Kampala showed that only 22 …

against women. In recent years, however, women successfully demand private sanitation facilities from potential husbands as a … strong sanitation preferences drive male investment in toilets. Moreover, I demonstrate women’s ability to secure latrines … increases when they are relatively scarce in a marriage market. I test these predictions empirically by studying a sanitation …

that the majority of Kampala’s urban poor have access to on-site sanitation facilities. Despite the widespread … accessibility to sanitation, the conditions of many facilities are unsatisfactory due to the generally large number of users per … occasionally) still a common practice among the urban poor, and many toilets are abandoned after a relatively short time - thus …

In this paper we have attempted to unravel the disparity in sanitation facilities across rural and urban regions of … more than 95 000 households we find a wide disparity in the access to sanitation facilities across rural and urban areas of … Indian states and the impact of sanitation on health outcomes. Based on the 69th National Sample Survey data set which covers …