Embracing the Complexity of Policy Processes in Sanitation: Insights from India

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203 219 36 ; S ; [EN] Different stakeholders tried participatory approaches to boost progress in rural sanitation in India. The policy processes around these experiences, despite shaping their outcomes, remain a knowledge gap this paper addresses. Evidence show that the interests of the actors involved resulted in the national campaign being construction-focused. Therefore, participatory approaches could only be successfully introduced through networks with political champions at their centre. Moreover, political dynamics determined the success of the different introduction strategies. A better understanding of these policy processes, using analytical frameworks such as the one we propose, will lead to smarter influencing strategies in the sanitation sector. Hueso, A.; Boni Aristizábal, A.; Fernández-Baldor, Á. (2018). Embracing the Complexity of Policy Processes in Sanitation: Insights from India. Development Policy Review. 36:203-219. doi:10.1111/dpr.12246 Chambers , R. 2009 Going to scale with Community-Led Total Sanitation: Reflections on experience, issues and ways forward https://www.ids.ac.uk/publication/going-to-scale-with-community-led-total-sanitation-reflections-on-experience-issues-and-ways-forward Deak , A. 2008 Taking Community-Led Total Sanitation to scale: Movement, spread and adaptation http://www.ids.ac.uk/publication/taking-community-led-total-sanitation-to-scale-movement-spread-and-adaptation1 DFID 2009 Political economy analysis how to note: A DFID practice paper https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/events-documents/3797.pdf Duncan , A. Williams , G. 2010 Making development assistance more effective by using political economy analysis: What has been done and what have we learned? http://thepolicypractice.com/publications/making-development-assistance-more-effective-by-using-political-economy-analysis-what-has-been-done-and-what-have-we-learned/ Government of Himachal Pradesh 2005 Strategy for total rural sanitation in HP http://www.hptsc.nic.in/TSC%20Strategy.pdf Government ...