Making toilets more affordable for the poor through microfinance : lessons learned from introducing microfinance loans for sanitation in rural Cambodia (English)

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...

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Kov,Phyrum;

Newman, Adam;

Smets,Susanna;
Document Date
2014/08/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
92034
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Cambodia,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2014/10/30
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Making toilets more affordable for the poor through microfinance : lessons learned from introducing microfinance loans for sanitation in rural Cambodia
Keywords
domestic private sector

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Kov,Phyrum; Newman, Adam; Smets,Susanna.

Making toilets more affordable for the poor through microfinance : lessons learned from introducing microfinance loans for sanitation in rural Cambodia (English). Water and sanitation program learning note Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/755021468227102029

Making toilets more affordable for the poor through microfinance : lessons learned from introducing microfinance loans for sanitation in rural Cambodia (English)

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