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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Moving the Policy Agenda Forward in the Post-2015 Asia

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  • Aidan A. Cronin
  • Chander Badloe
  • Harriet Torlesse
  • Robin K. Nandy

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Despite rapid economic growth in Asia, serious health, nutrition and development gaps persist, including inadequate services and inequitable access in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. We show that the WASH sector has ample justification for increased focus and investment to increase health and nutrition impact, but appropriate prioritisation and quality implementation of interventions are required to address these gaps. The Sustainable Development Goals present opportunities for an increased focus. We argue that the key components required to accelerate change include strengthened data availability, quality and use, institutional and policy reform for greater cross-sectoral integration and clear accountabilities at national and local level if countries are to achieve universal access with equity, sustainability and quality.

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  • Aidan A. Cronin & Chander Badloe & Harriet Torlesse & Robin K. Nandy, 2015. "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Moving the Policy Agenda Forward in the Post-2015 Asia," Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 2(2), pages 227-233, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:asiaps:v:2:y:2015:i:2:p:227-233
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    1. United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, 2015. "A Post-2015 World Fit for Children," Working Papers id:6410, eSocialSciences.
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    2. Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi & Ganesh Devkar & Sriharini Narayanan & Reeba Devaraj & Akshaya Ayyangar & A. Thillai Rajan, 2022. "WASH for all: A systematic review of Physiological and Sociological Characterization Framework segmentation in WASH policies, programmes, and projects," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(3), May.
    3. Sinharoy, Sheela S. & Pittluck, Rachel & Clasen, Thomas, 2019. "Review of drivers and barriers of water and sanitation policies for urban informal settlements in low-income and middle-income countries," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 1-1.

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