Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Executive Summary; Introduction; Overview; Why is it important to assess benefits from investing in water and sanitation?; Structure of the report; Chapter 1: Setting the stage; 1.1. Evaluating the size of the investment challenge; 1.2 The value chain of water and sanitation services; 1.3 Potential benefits along the WSS value chain: an overview; Chapter 2: Providing access to services; 2.1 Types of investment; 2.2 Health benefits from improving access to services; 2.3 Non-health benefits.
  • Chapter 3: Investing downstream in wastewater treatment and safe disposal3.1 Investments in wastewater treatment; 3.2 Benefits from wastewater treatment; Chapter 4: Managing water supply and demand in a sustainable manner; 4.1 Protecting the quality of the resource; 4.2 Balancing water supply and demand; Chapter 5: Policy implications; 5.1 Benefits from investing in WSS: key findings; 5.2 Using benefit information for policy and investment decisions; 5.3 Additional research needed to support policy making; Bibliography; Annex A: Evaluating the benefits: methodological issues.
  • A.1. Defining and valuing benefitsA. 2. Measuring health benefits; A.3. Estimating environmental benefits; A.4. Accounting for economic benefits; A.5. Including other benefits.