Domestic Private Sector Participation in Peru : Sanitation Markets at the Bottom of the Pyramid--A Win-Win Scenario for Government, the Private Sector, and Communities

Peru has benefitted from macroeconomic stability and growth in the last few years. At the same time, it also presents important contradictions in terms of unresolved access to basic sanitation. This is characterized by: a) an on-going gap that reflects the high levels of inequity between rural and urban coverage, b) unused services and low levels of customer satisfaction with current sanitation solutions, and c) unsustainable and inefficient public investments. Despite of the important infrastructure investments of the last 20 years, significant gaps remain, as well as the need to address quality and sustainable sanitation service. Moreover, it has not impacted the improvement of health and environment-related indicators. According to the National Statistics Institute, while national sanitation coverage has increased by 20 percent (1993-2007), in the same period the percentage of prevalence of chronic malnutrition in children under five years old has decreased by 9 percent and that of diarrhea by only 5 percent.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SANITATION, ACCESS TO WATER, BASIC SANITATION, BEHAVIORAL CHANGE, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, CITIZENSHIP, COMMERCIAL BANK, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, COMMUNITY WATER, DIARRHEA, DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE, DISSEMINATION, DOMESTIC WASTEWATER, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC STATUS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, EFFECTIVE ACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY PREFERENCES, HEALTH WORKERS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SANITATION, HYGIENE, IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH, INCOME, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, LATRINE, LATRINES, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MONTHLY PAYMENTS, NATIONAL LEVELS, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, PARADIGM SHIFT, PILOT PROJECTS, POOR, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY LINE, PROGRESS, PUBLIC POLICY, RESPECT, RURAL, RURAL AREA, RURAL AREAS, SANITATION, SANITATION ACCESS, SANITATION AWARENESS, SANITATION COVERAGE, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION FACILITY, SANITATION MARKET, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION PROMOTION, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SERVICES, SANITATION SOLUTIONS, SANITATION SYSTEMS, SAVINGS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE QUALITY, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL STATUS, SOLID WASTE, SUSTAINABLE ACCESS, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TOILET, TOILET BOWL, TOILETS, TRAINING SESSION, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN COVERAGE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/16647151/domestic-private-sector-participation-peru-sanitation-markets-bottom-pyramid-win-win-scenario-government-private-sector-communities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17230
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