Rural sanitation: Getting what you pay for

A few weeks ago, I wrote in these pages about the tragic costs of open defecation in India (“Let the toilet revolution begin”, July 28). More than 50 per cent of households in India defecate in the open, without using a toilet or latrine. As many as 60 per cent of people worldwide who defecate in the open live in India. Germs from faeces significantly cost India health, human capital and economic productivity.

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