India - SPI Analysis

1. Social Progress Index (SPI) - Emerging Business Opportunities
INDIA : SANITATION AND HYGIENE

2. Antecedent – Life Expectancy vs GDP
LifeExpectancy
GDP per Capita PPP
*data from www.gapminder.org

3. Social Progress Index
*data from www.socialprogress.org

4. Mapping the Challenges
Region/State SPI Community/District SPI Toilet Density Map
*data from www.socialprogress.in and www.datastories.in

5. The Problem – A Statistical Overview
people lack access to
safe drinking water
163
million
lack access to toilets
732
million
children under the age
of 5 die of diarrheal
diseases every year
60,700
Young girls often grow up
with no knowledge of
menstruation because their
mothers/other women shy
away from discussing the
issue with them.
10% of
women
56%
of girls
think that
it’s a
disease
do not know
what it
means
Menstrual Health and Hygiene

6. The Emerging Opportunities
The analysis, thus, concludes with a multitude of emerging growth possibilities :
 Firms that specialize in Rain Water Harvesting, development of Watersheds and
novel, inexpensive sanitation solutions such as portable toilets and
sanitation products for women.
 Lobbies for better governance and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the
public water and sanitation sectors.
 Non-Government agencies to educate people about sanitation and hygiene.
 Firms that develop techniques to purify and/or recycle water efficiently.
 Crowd-funded projects to build small scale sanitation infrastructure and clean
lakes, ponds and other water sources.
 Innovative organizations that aim to shift the paradigm to less water-centric
sanitation systems, in accordance with the Bellagio Principles (1996).
 Healthcare firms with a meticulous focus on products that cater to the health and
wellness of women and children.