Improving access to and usage of clean water

Why has water treatment been historically neglected by governments and donors given the significant short- and long-term benefits of clean water provision and use? How can we design interventions to ensure households have access to and use clean water?

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The sixth goal of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals is to ‘ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.’ In 2022, 2.2 billion people lacked safely managed drinking water (UN 2022). In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Tim Phillips speaks to Pascaline Dupas about the pressing need to ensure this goal is reached and the cost-effective interventions that are available to policymakers.

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