What is it about?

The paper describes how household ownership of latrines may be supported with various forms of latrine sharing under circumstances, such as those commonly encountered in low-income peri-urban settings, where individual household ownership of latrines may be challenging. It also discusses a range of complimentary policy interventions to make the latrine ownership ladder approach more effective.

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Why is it important?

With the shifting of emphasis from individual household ownership of latrines to having access to latrines at home (whether shared on unshared) in the post-2015 formulation of the MDG target on sanitation, the paper offers a useful guide on how latrine sharing by households may be supported or encouraged as a tool for preventing open defecation in deprived communities.

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This page is a summary of: The latrine ownership ladder, Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal, August 2015, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/meq-05-2014-0079.
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