Time to acknowledge the dirty truth behind community-led sanitation

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Robert Chambers recently wrote thatcommunity-led total sanitation is leading to a development revolution, especially in south Asia. I agree with his assessment ofsanitation's importance. In practice, however, the success of community-led efforts often hinges on the use of outright coercion. In my experience, the measures used to encourage the use of toilets range from stone-throwing and public humiliation to bizarre scare stories about congenital abnormalities..........

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jun/09/dirty-truth-behind-community-sanitation?commentpage=1