In the latest post of our SDGs series (with Africa at LSE and the IGC), Britta Augsburg and Paul Rodríguez Lesmes examine the sanitation crisis in India, with a study on the determinants of toilet acquisition. Toilets represent an unlikely status symbol for households, and new findings suggest that households may see toilets acquisition as a means of improving the marriage prospects of their sons
In 2011, India had more phone users (around 54 per cent of households) and television access (33 per...
Enormous progress has been made in the global effort to provide safe and affordable toilets for the ...
Although poor demand is often cited as the major factor for low toilet coverage in rural areas of In...
Female bargaining power in rural Haryana, as in much of northern India, is constrained by widespread...
Poor sanitation is an important policy issue facing India, which accounts for over half of the 1.1 b...
“Sanitation for all” remains a challenge. In India, the national policies and programmes focussed on...
Of all the countries in the world, India has the highest number of people practicing open defecation...
India has the highest number of people defecating in the open, and the Indian Government is trying t...
Using data from the Indian Human Development Survey, this chapter examines both toilet possession an...
Female bargaining power in rural Haryana, as in much of northern India, is constrained by widespread...
Sanitation hinders overall development process and poor sanitation practices deprive human access to...
Sanitation is at the heart of not only environmental security but also food security and health. Abo...
60% of the world’s open defecation happens in India, and 70% of households in rural India defecate i...
In 2017, the Joint Monitoring Programme estimated that 520 million people in India were defecating i...
Partial use of toilets has been a neglected topic, but is now becoming well documented in India, whe...
In 2011, India had more phone users (around 54 per cent of households) and television access (33 per...
Enormous progress has been made in the global effort to provide safe and affordable toilets for the ...
Although poor demand is often cited as the major factor for low toilet coverage in rural areas of In...
Female bargaining power in rural Haryana, as in much of northern India, is constrained by widespread...
Poor sanitation is an important policy issue facing India, which accounts for over half of the 1.1 b...
“Sanitation for all” remains a challenge. In India, the national policies and programmes focussed on...
Of all the countries in the world, India has the highest number of people practicing open defecation...
India has the highest number of people defecating in the open, and the Indian Government is trying t...
Using data from the Indian Human Development Survey, this chapter examines both toilet possession an...
Female bargaining power in rural Haryana, as in much of northern India, is constrained by widespread...
Sanitation hinders overall development process and poor sanitation practices deprive human access to...
Sanitation is at the heart of not only environmental security but also food security and health. Abo...
60% of the world’s open defecation happens in India, and 70% of households in rural India defecate i...
In 2017, the Joint Monitoring Programme estimated that 520 million people in India were defecating i...
Partial use of toilets has been a neglected topic, but is now becoming well documented in India, whe...
In 2011, India had more phone users (around 54 per cent of households) and television access (33 per...
Enormous progress has been made in the global effort to provide safe and affordable toilets for the ...
Although poor demand is often cited as the major factor for low toilet coverage in rural areas of In...