This book addresses both the potential and challenges of CLTS and offers important insights, covering critical aspects of the social, ecological, technological, financial and institutional dynamics surrounding CLTS. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in development, health, public policy and sanitation issues.

Prelims (Foreword - Kamal Kar); 1. Introduction; Lyla Mehta and Synne Movik; 2. Shit Matters: Community-Led Total Sanitation and the Sanitation Challenge for the 21st Century; Lyla Mehta; BANGLADESH; 3. Community-Led Total Sanitation in Bangladesh: Chronicles of a people's movement; Shafiul Azam Ahmed; 4. Exploring the social dynamics of CLTS in Bangladesh: The inclusion of children, women and vulnerable people; Amina Mahbub; 5. NGOs and the implementation of CLTS in Bangladesh: Selected case studies; Mick Howes, Enamul Huda and Abu Naser; 6. The challenges of facilitating CLTS; Anowarul Haq and Brigitta Bode; INDIA; 7. The CLTS Story in India: The Sanitation Story of the Millennium; Deepak Sanan; 8. Institutional Arrangements and Social Norms Influencing Sanitation Behaviour in Rural India; A. Dyalchand, M. Khale, S. Vasudevan, and N. Kale; 9. The Impact of Rural Sanitation on Water Quality and Waterborne Diseases; Manisha Khale and Ashok Dyalchand; 10. Doing CLTS in a Countrywide Program Context in India: Public Good, Private Good? Nisheeth Kumar and J.P.Shukla; INDONESIA; 11. The CLTS Story in Indonesia: Empowering communities, transforming institutions, furthering decentralization; Nilanjana Mukherjee and Nina Shatifan; 12. CLTS - Learning from communities in Indonesia; Owin Jamasy and Nina Shatifan; 13. Institutional dimensions of scaling up in Indonesia; Edy Priyono; SYNTHESIS; 14. CLTS in India and Indonesia: Institutions, Incentives and Politics; Anu Joshi; 15. CLTS, Dynamics and Sustainability: Perspectives on Challenges and Pathways; Synne Movik; 16. Reaching Out, Scaling Up: The Future of CLTS; Robert Chambers and Kamal Kar; Back Matter (APPENDIX: Notes on resources, conference material, networks, partnerships, etc.)