Sri Lanka reality contrasts with new World Bank upper-middle-income status

The World Bank has approved $300 million in financing for the Sindh Transformational Accelerated Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services Phase 1 Project (STAR WASH-1) to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services for 1.5 million people in rural areas of Sindh, Pakistan. The project, which is expected to generate over 14,000 jobs, will also support the formalization of the Sindh People’s Housing for Flood Affectees as a rural water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) utility company.

According to Bolormaa Amgaabazar, the World Bank country director for Pakistan, the project aims to address one of the root causes of child stunting by expanding access to these essential services, as unsafe water and poor sanitation are major drivers of child stunting in the region.

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