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SQUAT Policy Brief 1: What can be done to end open defecation in India?

By r.i.c.e. September 1st, 2014

Topics: Sanitation

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 Sangita Vyas. Read the full paper in Economic and Political Weekly or online at squatreport.in.

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