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The Equitable Access Score-card: Supporting Policy Processes To Achieve The Human Right To Water And
Sanitation. New York: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2013.
Accessed 22 June 2014.
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/publications/PWH_equitable_access/1
324456_ECE_MP_WP_8_Web_Interactif_ENG.pdf.
This report provides politically oriented guidance for governments to establish a set of standards on water and
sanitation and particularly target the inequity that lies beneath it.
“The Final Frontier.” The Economist. 19 July 2014. Accessed 20 July 2014.
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21607837-fixing-dreadful-sanitation-india-requiresnot-just-building-lavatories-also-changing.
This article explores how it is not enough to build lavatories and toilets in India to provide basic sanitation. It is very
emphatic on how governments need to change habits in order to fix the sanitation problems.
The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Reader UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and
Communication (UNW-DPAC). Zaragoza: United Nations Office to Support the International
Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015, 2011. Accessed 22 June 2014.
http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/05_2011_human_right_to_water_reader_eng.p
df.
This brief reader intends to familiarize people with the right to water and sanitation. It summarizes the history and
development of this right and the roles of the different stakeholders.
Torun, B. Environmental And Educational Interventions Against Diarrhea In Guatemala. New York: Plenum
Press, 1983.
This research studies the correlation between the improvements in water and sanitation services and the favorable
impact that may have on diarrheal diseases and malnutrition.
Tyler, C., Zachary and Sucharita Gopal. Sub-Saharan Africa at a Crossroads: A Quantitative Analysis of
Regional Development. Boston: Boston University, 2010. Accessed 29 June 2014.
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/files/2010/04/Pardee-Paper-10-Regional-Development-in-
SSA.pdf.
This document analyses how the development status of SSA places the region at a crossroads. It goes over the main
characteristics of the region and the historic trends that impact development.
“UN / OPEN DEFECATION.” UNifeed. 28 May 2014.
http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/2014/05/un-open-defecation/.
This website registers the launch of the UN campaign with Sesame Street to promote sanitation habits among kids in
India, Bangladesh and Nigeria.
“United Nations Millennium Development Goals.” UN. Accessed 21 July 2014.
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/endopendefecation.shtml.
This UN website gathers the information regarding its new campaign to end open defecation. It shows statistics,
statements and some additional resources that complement the initiative.
“Urban Catastrophes: The Wat/San Dimension.” (London: Humanitarian Futures Programme,
King’s College London, 2009.) Accessed 8 August 2014.
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