Sanitation coverage in Bangladesh since the millennium: Consistency matters

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 240-251

  Zheng, Y ^a,b,c   Hakim, S A I ^a   Nahar, Q ^a   van Agthoven, A ^a   Flanagan, S V ^a  

^a Water and Environmental Sanitation Section   (Bangladesh)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Demographic and health survey; Multiple indicator cluster survey; Population density; Sanitation; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882965619     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2013.154     Document Type: Article

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