The safe disposal of human excreta is a basic human need and one of the most important improvements any government can make towards improving public health. At present more than 2.6 billion people worldwide lack access to improved sanitation, of which most live in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. This situation in the twenty-first century is scandalous.

Through these web pages we share some of the challenges that the sanitation sector is currently facing and propose market-based solutions. We believe these solutions are instrumental in our contribution towards attaining MDG 7, Target 10; that is halving the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015.

If you have feedback to any of these pages, or feel that anything is missing please do contact us.

In depth...

There appears to be a set of recurrent problems within the sanitation sector that prevent substantive progress being made. These include:

• Unsustainable supply driven approaches
• Misuse of subsidies
• Not understanding people's needs and desires
• Confused national ministerial leadership
• Disconnected policies and regulations
• Weak political will and leadership

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