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The population / environment / water-and-sanitation nexus in developing countries

TitleThe population / environment / water-and-sanitation nexus in developing countries
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication1992
AuthorsBriscoe, J
Pagination27 p. : 8 boxes, 6 fig.
Date Published1992-10-01
PublisherWorld Bank
Place PublishedWashington, DC, USA
Keywordscommunity level, community participation, environment, institutional framework, private sector, safe water supply, sanitation, urban areas, water resources management, willingness to pay
Abstract

This paper argues that large gains - in environmental quality, health, equity, and direct economic returns - can be made by adopting an approach which consists of four elements:
- managing water resources better, taking account of economic efficiency and environmental sustainability;
- providing, at full cost, those private services which people want and are willing to pay for (including water supply, and the collection of human excreta, wastewater, and solid waste);
- using scarce public funds only for those services (specifically the treatment and disposal of human excreta, wastewater, and solid wastes) which provide wider communal benefits; and
- developing flexible, responsive, institutional mechanisms for providing these services, with community organizations and the private sector playing a large part.
NotesPaper presented at the Revelle Memorial Symposium, Harvard University, October 1992
Custom 1205.42

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