Taps and Toilets How Greater Access can Radically Improve Africa's Future

"Improvements in the most basic levels of access to water and sanitation can have sizeable impacts on several key areas of human development. This brief highlights the importance of a sustained effort by domestic leaders and the international community to promote access to these basic resources. Further research should explore the governance structures and policies most conducive to increasing access to safe water and sanitation and the role of international aid in the improvement of this infra-structure."