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UNESCAP
Institutional Changes for Sanitation: Discussion Paper on The Institutional Changes Required to Achieve the MDG Target on Sanitation
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS)
Government of India “Background Note and Agenda for Conference of State Ministers and State Secretaries In‐charge of Rural Water Supply and Rural Sanitation: Total Sanitation Campaign”
Government of India
Census data. Town and country planning association, ministry of urban development, government of India
UNICEF and WHO
Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation 2012 Update
WHO and UNICEF
Joint monitoring programme for water supply and sanitation
UNESCAP and ADB UNDP
Accelerating Equitable Achievement of the MDGs: Closing Gaps and Health and Nutrition Outcomes
UN
Millenium Development Goals Report 2010
Santosh Kumar, S. Vollmer (2011)
Does Access to Improved Sanitation Reduce Childhood Diarrhea in Rural India?
A. Sen
India: a defense and a critique
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW)
National Rural Health Mission, 2005‐2012
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on India's performance in sanitation over the last decade as it strives to meet the Millennium Development Goal target. Design/methodology/approach – In doing so, both qualitative and quantitative analyses are employed. The latter method includes a regression analysis. Income and income inequality variables have been included in the analysis. Findings – Whilst India has made progress towards achieving access to sanitation for its people, the nation continues to perform relatively poorly to its neighbours and on a comparative global basis. At the national level, substantial rural‐urban and income disparities are linked to a reduced level of sanitation access. Both forms of analysis support the view that income inequality in India is directly related to a lack of sanitation facilities. Research limitations/implications – The study is based on secondary data gathered from WHO and UNICEF sources. These are national data gathered by these agencies in two periods. These are aggregated data. Practical implications – The study has major practical implications in policy formation in the area of sanitation access to both rural and urban India. The state level data analysed by the study will also be useful to make policies at disaggregated level. India, indeed, needs to improve the conditions on an urgent basis. Even in South Asia standard, this nation is behind from almost all other nations of the region. Social implications – The social implications are to make people particularly poor aware about the sanitation issue lack of which contributes to health hazards and gestro condition for children and old. The sanitation related diseases contribute to huge loss of working hours in both rural and urban communities. Originality/value – The study contributes original ideas and demonstrates with a simple regression analysis how sanitation depends on income and income inequality of the poor.
World Journal of Science Technology and Sustainable Development – Emerald Publishing
Published: May 27, 2014
Keywords: India; Poverty; Rural; Inequality; Sanitation; MDG
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