ABSTRACT

To achieve United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 and for domestic reasons, the central government of India and several state governments are promoting aligned policies for universal access to sustainable and improved sanitation facilities. As most sanitation-related cross-sectional studies in India are national, this research examines the case of rural Bihar and identifies critical issues standing in the way of achievement of regional, national and international goals. The study reports four major constraints, which include the non-alignment of government and beneficiary perspectives, the absence of feedback loops, landlessness among marginalized communities, and inadequate engagement with environmental constraints in sanitation policies.

摘要

为了实现联合国的可持续发展目标 (SDG) 6 并出于国内原因，印度中央政府和几个邦政府正在推动统一政策，以普及可持续和改进的卫生设施。由于印度大多数与卫生相关的横断面研究都是全国性的，因此本研究考察了比哈尔邦农村的案例，并确定了阻碍实现区域、国家和国际目标的关键问题。该研究报告了四个主要制约因素，包括政府和受益人的观点不一致、缺乏反馈循环、边缘化社区无地，以及卫生政策中对环境制约因素的参与不足。