UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS):  2012 Report

Overview

This second UN-Water GLAAS report presents data received from 74 developing countries, covering all the Millennium Development Goal regions, and from 24 external support agencies, representing approximately 90% of official development assistance for sanitation and drinking-water.

• Sections 1 and 2 of the report describe the efforts of countries to be accountable and to plan and coordinate effectively.
• Section 3 presents data on financial flows.
• Section 4 examines the adequacy of the human resource base to implement WASH interventions and highlights the gaps in data.
• Section 5 describes the successes and constraints to extending WASH coverage in an equitable way.
• Section 6 describes priority-setting, targeting of development aid, and the coordination and alignment of assistance with country programmes.
• Section 7 focuses on sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water in schools and health care facilities, reporting on access to WASH services in these public institutions.