Technical Note: Is there a role for external technical support in the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach?
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) involves creating community health awareness, changing behaviours, generating a demand for sanitation, and finally the design and construction of sanitation solutions (e.g. latrines). The CLTS approach intentionally avoids any up-front external subsidies or tech...
| Publicado en: | International Development Planning Review Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 81 - 95 |
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