Abdullahel Hadi
A participatory approach to sanitation: experience of Bangladeshi NGOs
BRAC
study assesses role participatory development programmes improving sanitation rural bangladesh data study came health surveillance system brac covering 70 villages 10 regions country indepth interviews conducted one adult member total 1556 randomly selected households provided basic socioeconomic information households involvement ngoled development programmes community findings reveal households involved credit programmes likely use safe latrines others equally poor involved programmes study indicates unmet need build buy safe hygienic latrines existed among one latent need could raised health education grassroots level along supervised credit supports provided unlike conventional belief concept communitymanaged jointly owned latrines seem attractive alternative study argues social behavioural aspects participatory development programmes significantly improve environmental sanitation traditional community