Identification of the potential opportunities, barriers, and threats within the sector in taking up sanitation as a business: Rural sanitation in Nkhata Bay District (Malawi)

Authors

Rochelle Holm, University of Louisville
Elijah Wanda, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
Victor Kasulo, Mzuzu University
Simeon Gwayi, Mzuzu University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2014

Department

Medicine

Abstract

Private sector participation in sanitation marketing provides a great opportunity to improve rural sanitation access. Although a number of opportunities for private sector participation within the sanitation sector exist, there are numerous barriers and threats to taking up sanitation as a business. This Note from the Field identifies these opportunities, barriers, and threats in Nkhata Bay District, a rural area of Malawi. These insights emerge from a wider research project entitled 'Private sector participation in the delivery of sanitation and hygiene services'. This note provides background information on the research project on private sector participation and the project location. It goes on to describe the data collection process and present two examples of business activities in the district sanitation sector, before listing the opportunities, barriers, and threats identified and the recommendations that emerge from them.

ThinkIR Citation

Holm, Rochelle; Wanda, Elijah; Kasulo, Victor; and Gwayi, Simeon, "Identification of the potential opportunities, barriers, and threats within the sector in taking up sanitation as a business: Rural sanitation in Nkhata Bay District (Malawi)" (2014). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 727.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/727

DOI

10.3362/1756-3488.2014.026

ORCID

0000-0001-8849-1390