policy outreach >> Sanitation

This note summarizes r.i.c.e.’s recommendations for how to design and implement a household survey measuring open defecation. We have already shared these recommendations on prior occasions, including in meetings with government officials and multilateral agencies, in articles in the media,...Read More..

The Swatch Bharat Mission has announced the important goal of eliminating open defecation in India. One key part of the Government's guidelines to achieve this goal is a latrine use and open defecation surveillance survey. In the 69th round of...Read More..

We developed a handout for a state government to help state government employees, such as ASHAs, Anganwadi Sevikas, Panchayat Secretaries and others to promote latrine use. Suggestions to improve the handout are welcome. Please feel free to use and modify...Read More..

This policy brief presents policy solutions based on research summarized in "Revealed Preference for Open Defecation: Evidence from a new survey in rural north India," a research paper by Diane Coffey, Aashish Gupta, Payal Hathi, Nidhi Khurana, Nikhil Srivastav, and...Read More..

This research brief summarizes "Revealed preference for open defecation: Evidence from a new survey in rural north India," a research paper by Diane Coffey, Aashish Gupta, Payal Hathi, Nidhi Khurana, Dean Spears, Nikhil Srivastav, and Sangita Vyas. Read the full...Read More..

This one-page memo presents findings based on research summarized in "Revealed Preference for Open Defecation: Evidence from a new survey in rural north India," a research paper by Diane Coffey, Aashish Gupta, Payal Hathi, Nidhi Khurana, Nikhil Srivastav, and Sangita...Read More..

Evidence in the medical and epidemiological literature has documented that germs in feces can stunt children’s growth. This is in part due to diarrhea, and possibly in part due to enteropathy (Humphrey, 2009): chronic changes in the lining of the...Read More..

This brief is primarily based on a research paper by Dean Spears: “The Nutritional Value of Toilets: How much international variation in child height can sanitation explain?” The full paper, with the details of all computations and conclusions, is available...Read More..