1. From Beneficiaries to Buyers: Creating a viable market for toilets in the Philippines
- Author:
- Rona Ramos and Tom Wildman
- Publication Date:
- 03-2017
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- In 2013, super typhoon Haiyan wreaked havoc on Eastern Samar and Bantayan Island and triggered a huge humanitarian response. Now the challenge is to support sustainable development. Having a toilet is a ‘damgo’ (a dream), not a necessity for poor families in the Philippines. If you didn’t think having a clean toilet at home was important before the disaster, why would it be important afterwards? By bringing together the right expertise and getting good financial products in place Oxfam has supported poor families to access new markets and products actively, with the intention of supporting long-lasting change.
- Topic:
- Development, Infrastructure, Sustainability, and Humanitarian Crisis
- Political Geography:
- Philippines and Asia-Pacific