Title | Subsidy or self-respect? : participatory total community sanitation in Bangladesh |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2003 |
Authors | Kar, K |
Secondary Title | Working paper / IDS |
Volume | no. 184 |
Pagination | x, 40 p. : 4 fig., 3 tab. |
Date Published | 2003-09-01 |
Publisher | Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex |
Place Published | Brighton, UK |
ISSN Number | 1858645255 |
Keywords | bangladesh, community participation, open defecation, participatory methods, pour flush latrines, replicability, rural areas, sdisan, socioeconomic impact, subsidies, women |
Abstract | This paper describes a programme to improve environmental sanitation in Bangladesh by constructing latrines following a new approach, pioneered by the author with Village Education Resource Centre, Water Aid, and other agencies: community-led total sanitation. The approach involved empowering local people to analyse the extent and risk of environmental pollution caused by open defecation, and to design and construct toilets without any external subsidies. The paper discusses the participatory methods used and the impact of the programme on livelihoods, health and women. It also mentions ongoing efforts to replicate the methodology in other countries in Asia and Africa. An annex presents design details of some of the community innovated models of toilets developed in different regions of Bangladesh. |
Notes | 9 ref. |
Custom 1 | 305.1, 302.8, 822 |