What Works at Scale? Distilling the Critical Success Factors for Scaling Up Rural Sanitation

In February 2014, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India, in collaboration with the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) of the World Bank, brought together policy makers, scholars and practitioners in Jaipur, India, for the Knowledge Sharing Forum entitled what works at scale? Distilling critical success factors for scaling up rural sanitation. The forum participants reviewed the conditions required for successful sanitation programs and strategies that could lead to sound implementation of such programs and strategies in their own states and/or countries. Participants from within India came from State and District sanitation programs, international organizations, NGOs and the private sector. The forum also benefited from international experience, with strategic inputs provided by key resource people from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Thailand and Uganda. Prior to the formal sessions, international participants were able to visit two districts in Rajasthan to observe sanitation campaigns which had resulted in open defecation-free status. The Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), Clean India Campaign, focuses on a comprehensive program to ensure the sustained use of safe sanitation facilities in rural areas, eliminating the practice of open defecation and ensuring a clean environment. The NBA experience has shown that without the motivation for safe sanitation, facilities will not be used with any degree of consistency. Demand creation must therefore take precedence over physical implementation and new practices must be sustained after construction. The focus is not on individual households but on groups of people at the habitation, village, community (Panchayat) levels who can work together, supporting each other to achieve long term open defecation-free status. Once the demand is created, a strong supply chain must be in place to ensure a rapid response.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-05-27
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SANITATION, ADEQUATE WATER, ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY, ANIMALS, AWARENESS CREATION, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, BEHAVIORAL CHANGE, BIOGAS, CATCHMENT, CHANGES IN HYGIENE BEHAVIOR, CLEANLINESS, COMMUNITY SANITATION, COMPOSTING, CONSTRUCTION, DEFECATION AREAS, DEMAND FOR SANITATION, DISTRICT COLLECTORS, DOMESTIC HYGIENE, DRAINAGE, DRINKING WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION, FECES, GARBAGE, GARDENS, GREY WATER, HANDWASHING, HEALTH CARE, HOUSEHOLD SANITATION, HYGIENE, HYGIENE COMMUNICATION, HYGIENE PRACTICES, HYGIENE PROMOTION, LATRINE, PIPES, PIT LATRINES, PITS, PONDS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING, PUBLIC WORKS, RECYCLING, RESOURCE RECOVERY, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL SANITATION, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SAFE SANITATION, SAFETY, SANITARY FACILITIES, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION INDICATORS, SANITATION INITIATIVES, SANITATION INTERVENTIONS, SANITATION PRACTICES, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION PROGRAMS, SANITATION SCHEMES, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY, SANITATION SERVICES, SEWERAGE, SITE SANITATION, SLUDGE, SOAP, SOCIAL MARKETING, SOCIAL MOBILIZATION, SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, TANKS, TOILET, TOILET FACILITIES, TOILETS, TOTAL SANITATION, UNSAFE SANITATION, URBAN COMMUNITIES, WATER SANITATION, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19705622/india-knowledge-forum-showcasing-best-practices-sanitation-works-scale-distilling-critical-success-factors-scaling-up-rural-sanitation https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18947
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