 | Vietnam: The Red River Delta Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project contributes to improving water and household level sanitation services and their effective use in four selected provinces in the Red River Delta. Two key project components include Component 1, Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Development, will respond primarily to the growing rural/urban services gap. On the other hand, Component 2, Hygiene and Sanitation Behavior Change, will provide a range of hygiene and sanitation promotion interventions. |
 | Gaza: The North Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment Project aims to (a) mitigate the immediate and impending health, environmental and safety threats to the communities surrounding the poorly treated and rapidly growing sewage lake in the Beit Lahia area of northern Gaza; and to (b) contribute to the provision of a satisfactory long-term solution for the treatment of wastewater in the Northern Gaza Governorate. Feature story on the Management Contract in Gaza is about better water supply and sanitation services are provided for the population of Gaza. |
 | China: The Management Options for Public Toilets in Liuzhou emphasizes that about 40 percent of the country’s population resides in its 660 cities, generating 60 percent of its GDP. 15 years from now, more than half of China will live in cities, generating tremendous demand for urban infrastructure. This includes not only conventional water supply and sanitation services, but also the frequently used (and oft-neglected) public toilet facilities. |
 | Mongolia: The Hygiene and Low Cost Sanitation Improvement for the Urban Poor in Ulaanbaatar maintains that over 900,000 people in peri-urban areas (called Ger districts) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, lack basic infrastructure services. Since 1997, the World Bank has supported the Government of Mongolia to improve services to Ger dwellers. A 2004 social assessment revealed that on-site sanitation is very high on the list of priorities for residents in the Ger areas. |
 | Morocco: Promoting Rural Sanitation and Hygiene in Morocco is about the technical assistance provided by the World Bank to the Moroccan Government through the Sanitation, Hygiene and Wastewater Support Service (SWAT). In rural provinces in Morocco, sanitation coverage is low compared to the relatively high standards of social development. |
 | Brazil: The PROSANEAR water and sanitation program for low-income communities was first launched as a World Bank-financed pilot project in the mid-1990s. Brazil: Water Project for Municipalities and Low-Income Areas seeks to expand water and sewerage systems in cities with municipally owned and operated water utilities. The approach and results of PROSANEAR are described in PROSANEAR: People, Poverty and Pipes (405k pdf). Community Participation and Low Cost Technology: Bringing Water Supply and Sanitation to Brazil demonstrates that water and sanitation interventions should be carried out as part of a local area development plan, and critical complementary investments. |
 | Burkina Faso: The Urban Environment Project lays the groundwork for decentralizing management, operation and control of the overall urban environment to the local governments in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, supporting both decentralization and environmental policies. As part of the project, the Ouagadougou Strategic Sanitation Plan (1,100k pdf) was developed as an holistic approach to that city’s problems. |
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