Benefits of Investing in Water and Sanitation: An OECD Perspective
OECD | 17 Mar 2011 | ISBN: 9264100541 9789264100541 9789264100817 | 151 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The full magnitude of the benefits of water services is seldom considered for a number of reasons, including the difficulty in quantifying important non-economic benefits such as non-use values, dignity, social status, cleanliness and overall well-being. Also, information about the benefits of water services is usually hidden in the technical literature, where it remains invisible to key decision-makers in ministries.
This report draws together and summarises existing information on the benefits of water and sanitation.