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13 January 2017

Why the urban poor need better sanitation

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Hero image description: Sanitation isn't simply a technical problem Image credit:ODI Image license:CC-BY-NC-ND

In poorer regions, 58% of all urban residents live in small cities.

If small cities fail to improve sanitationa s they grow, cholera, stunting and child mortality can increase.

Providing city-wide sanitation is expensive, technically difficult and slow.

Sanitation isn't simply a technical problem; strong political will can deliver investment in sanitation for the urban poor.

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