Nicaragua

Larsen, Bjorn

Nicaragua

Autores

Larsen, Bjorn

Editor

World Bank, Washington, DC

Descripción

This report examines the social economic impact of inadequate sanitation in Nicaragua. The study on which it is based has been promoted by the Economics of Sanitation Initiative (ESI), led by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank (WSP). The report includes basic information on Nicaragua, records of sanitation in the country and the results of the analysis of the economic impacts on health, water resources, tourism, and other impacts on welfare.
El presente informe analiza los impactos económicos y sociales derivados de la falta de saneamiento en Nicaragua. Incluye información básica sobre Nicaragua, antecedentes en materia de saneamiento del país y los resultados del análisis sobre los impactos económicos del saneamiento en salud, recursos hídricos, turismo y otros impactos en el bienestar.

Palabras clave

ACCESS TO SANITATION, ACCESS TO WATER, BETTER HYGIENE, CHILD HEALTH, CHLORINATION, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLEAN WATER, CLEAN WATER SUPPLY, CUBIC METERS OF WATER, DISEASES, DISSEMINATION, DRAINS, DRINKING WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, FORMULATION OF POLICIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HANDS WITH SOAP, HANDWASHING, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH RISKS, HEALTH SERVICES, HUMAN EXCRETA, HYGIENE, HYGIENE PRACTICES, HYGIENE PROMOTION, IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT, INADEQUATE SANITATION, INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTERVENTION, INVESTMENTS IN SANITATION, LACK OF INFORMATION, LACK OF SANITATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MUNICIPAL WATER, NATIONAL POLICIES, PERSONAL HYGIENE, POLLUTION, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POPULATION, SAFE DRINKING, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SAFE WATER, SAFE WATER SUPPLY, SAFETY, SANITARY FACILITIES, SANITATION, SANITATION ACCESS, SANITATION COVERAGE, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION SERVICES, SANITATION SYSTEM, SANITATION SYSTEMS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SEWER CONNECTION, SUBSISTENCE FARMING, SUPPLY OF WATER, SUSTAINABLE ACCESS, TOILET, TOILETS, TYPHOID, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POPULATION, WASHING HANDS, WATER COST, WATER CRISIS, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SOURCES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION