Making Toilets More Affordable for Cambodia's Poor through Microfinance

From 2000 to 2012, access to sanitation in Cambodia s rural areas increased by only 1 percent per year (JMP, 2014). By 2012, 75 percent of rural Cambodians lacked access to improved sanitation, and 66 percent practiced open defecation. Though open defecation rates are highest among the poorest rural Cambodians at 86 percent, they are still quite high even among the richest at 32 percent (CSES, 2011). Lack of access to sanitation imposes significant economic and social costs on rural Cambodians, from higher child mortality due to diarrhea, other fecal-borne diseases, to stunted growth of children. In Cambodia, extensive previous experience with sanitation marketing approaches illustrates there is strong household demand for sanitation and the domestic sanitation market is capable of meeting it. At the same time, challenges remain in reaching low-income households that do not have the cash to meet upfront payment costs to purchase sanitation products.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-09
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SANITATION, ACCESS TO WATER, AMOUNT OF LOANS, CHILD MORTALITY, COLLATERAL, COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS, COMMUNITY BANK, DEFAULT RATES, DEMAND FOR SANITATION, GROUP LOAN, GROUP LOANS, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INDIVIDUAL LOAN, INDIVIDUAL LOANS, INTEREST RATE, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, JUDGMENT, LATE PAYMENTS, LATRINE, LATRINES, LOAN, LOAN APPLICATIONS, LOAN OFFICERS, LOAN PERFORMANCE, LOAN PROCESSING, LOAN PRODUCT, LOAN SIZE, MICROFINANCE, MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION, POOR, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, PORTFOLIO, REVOLVING FUNDS, RISK OF DEFAULT, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, SANITATION MARKET, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION SERVICES, SANITATION SOLUTIONS, SMALL LOANS, SUPPLIER, SUPPLIERS, TOILETS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20336897/making-toilets-more-affordable-cambodias-poor-through-microfinance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20803
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