World Bank2014-03-122014-03-122008-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17262The sanitation impact study, initiated by the World Bank water and sanitation program, aims to generate sound evidence on the negative impacts of existing sanitation and hygiene conditions and the potential benefits of improvements in sanitation and hygiene in Cambodia. In this study, quantitative assessment is conducted on the economic impacts of poor sanitation and hygiene on health, water resource, tourism and other welfare impacts. In addition to the quantitative evaluation, the study also discusses the effects of poor sanitation on various qualitative dimensions including health-related quality of life, intangible user preferences, life decisions, and the quality of the surrounding environment. The analysis focused on a narrow definition of sanitation, related to human excreta. However, there were instances in which sanitation as it relates to gray water and solid waste were also included. In measuring the impacts, the study uses a peer-reviewed methodology developed specifically for this study, which draws on established methods and, where these do not exist, develops new approaches to capture the impacts of poor sanitation. For improving policy interpretation of the results, the study distinguishes between financial and economic impacts, and presents for rural/urban areas and different geographical groupings at zonal level. Overall, the study finds that poor sanitation leads to economic losses. These economic losses are equivalent to 7.2 percent of the Cambodia's Gross Domestic product (GDP) in 2005. This amount is roughly equivalent to the contribution of the fishery sector, to the GDP, or twice the contribution of the forestry sector.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO SAFE WATERACCESS TO SAFE WATER SUPPLYACCESS TO WATERALTERNATIVE SANITATIONANIMAL EXCRETABETTER HYGIENECLEAN WATERCLEANER DRINKING WATERCLEANLINESSCLINICSCONNECTIONCOST OF WATERCOVERAGE WITH WATER SUPPLYCOVERINGDECISION MAKINGDIARRHEADIARRHEAL DISEASEDIARRHEAL DISEASESDISEASE INCIDENCEDOMESTIC WASTEDOMESTIC WATERDOMESTIC WATER SUPPLYDOMESTIC WATER USEDRAINAGE SYSTEMDRINKING WATERDRINKING WATER QUALITYDRINKING WATER SUPPLYENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHENVIRONMENTAL SANITATIONFLOODINGFOOD HYGIENEFOOD POISONINGFRESHWATERGOOD SANITATIONGROUND WATERGROUNDWATERHAND WASHINGHEALTH CAREHEALTH EFFECTSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH RISKSHEAVY RAINSHELMINTHESHOSPITAL WASTEHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONHUMAN EXCRETAHUMAN WASTEHYGIENEHYGIENE IMPROVEMENTHYGIENE ISSUESHYGIENE PRACTICEHYGIENE PRACTICESHYGIENE PROMOTIONINDUSTRIAL WASTEINDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERINFLUENZAINTERVENTIONIRRIGATIONISOLATIONLACK OF DRAINAGELATRINELATRINE BUILDERSLATRINE CONSTRUCTIONLATRINE · PITLATRINESLOW WATERLOW WATER CONSUMPTIONMEASUREMENTSMORBIDITYMORTALITYOPEN SEWERSOUTPATIENT CAREPATIENTPATIENTSPIPEPIPED WATERPIPESPIT LATRINEPONDSPOOR HEALTHPOOR HYGIENEPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPUBLIC FACILITIESPUBLIC TAPPUBLIC TOILETPUBLIC WORKSQUALITY OF LIFEQUALITY OF WATERRAINRAINWATERRAINWATER COLLECTIONRAW SEWAGERESEARCH PROGRAMRUNNING WATERRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL POPULATIONRURAL SANITATIONRURAL SANITATION COVERAGERURAL WATER SUPPLYSAFE COLLECTIONSAFE DISPOSALSAFE WATERSAFE WATER SUPPLYSAFETYSANITARY FACILITIESSANITATIONSANITATION ACCESSSANITATION COVERAGESANITATION COVERAGE BY REGIONSANITATION COVERAGE DATASANITATION FACILITIESSANITATION FACILITYSANITATION IMPROVEMENTSANITATION IMPROVEMENTSSANITATION INTERVENTIONSSANITATION MARKETSANITATION OPTIONSSANITATION POLICYSANITATION PRACTICESSANITATION PROGRAMSANITATION SECTORSANITATION SERVICESSANITATION SITUATIONSANITATION TYPESSCHOOL SANITATIONSEEPAGESENSITIVITY ANALYSISSEPTIC TANKSEWAGE TREATMENTSEWER SYSTEMSEWERAGESOAPSOLID WASTESOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTSURFACE WATERTARGET FOR SANITATIONTOILETTOILETSTREATMENT PLANTSURBAN AREASURBAN COVERAGEURBAN HOUSEHOLDSUSE OF WATERUSERSVECTOR CONTROLVENTILATIONWASTE DISPOSALWATER BODIESWATER COLLECTIONWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMSWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER MANAGEMENTWATER POLLUTIONWATER QUALITYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCESWATER SOURCESWATER TABLEWATER TREATMENTWATERSWETLANDSWORKERS10.1596/17262