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Isabel Blackett

Urban Sanitation Specialist

Isabel’s interests are in increasing equity and working with Government to develop at-scale poor-inclusive urban sanitation services. She has recently worked on assignment in Asia with World Bank, ADB, BMGF, WaterAid, GIZ and others. From 2005-2016 she worked for the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Programme developing pro-poor urban sanitation in Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Pacific Island countries and South Asia. Previously, she worked in Southern Africa and East Africa for UNICEF, DFID, KfW, DANIDA, consulting firms and NGO’s. She has a Masters degree from the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University.

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People living in informal settlements, often near the edges of large cities, are among the most in need of access to clean, safe water and toilets. Photo: ADB

Many People Take Toilets for Granted. More Than a Billion in Asia Don’t Have that Luxury

Investments in safe, adequate and affordable water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities must be sustained and result in improved services and a less polluted environment for everyone, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable in Asia and the Pacific.

Christian Walder, Lu Shen, Isabel Blackett

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