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Municipal solid waste is perhaps one of the most intractable of all the challenges associated with urban squalor and disease in Dhaka City. Community-based SWM systems were introduced in two different wards which have different situations such as density of population, living status, road network and land use. This paper aims to identify those factors which influence the success of this voluntary system and to analyse the roles of ward solid waste management committees, primary collection service providers, community leaders and Dhaka City Corporation, and their impact on the progress and sustainability of the system. The involvement of the community (particularly the women) in planning, implementation and monitoring of the community-based SWM system in the two wards was different. The reasons for the differences and the initiatives that are necessary to increase participation are also highlighted in the paper. The role of politics possibly threatening the sustainability of the system and the scope of income generation will also be discussed in the paper.
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