Unlocking the sanitation dividend: Health, dignity, prosperity Saroj Kumar JhaDoulaye Kone November 19, 2025 This page in: English Français العربية 中文

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/unlocking-the-sanitation-dividend-health-dignity-prosperity?cid=ECR_E_NewsletterWeekly_EN_EXT&deliveryName=DM268668 Behind every thriving city, healthy workforce, and growing economy lies something we rarely acknowledge: Sanitation systems that quietly protect productivity, safeguard natural resources, and keep people healthy. When these systems function well, societies prosper. Where they remain out of reach, as is the case for 3.4 billion people, the impacts are immediate and profound.