o Assess the projects awarded to public and private promoters ; and o Manage the database of applicants for housing units in Senegal. (e) Access to water and sanitation : 265. Access to water and sanitation is important for the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights in Senegal since it is an essential ingredient for health, survival, growth and development of the Senegalese population. For example, according to a study carried out in the country92, access to sanitation has one of the most direct effects on labour productivity, diseases, school attendance and improvement of the personal safety of women. In Senegal, particularly in the rural areas, this basic need has, with time, become a big luxury for majority of the people.  Access to water 93 : 266. In 2011, according to results from the ESPS II, though more than 80% of the inhabitants of Dakar use running water as major source of water supply, people using public taps in the neighborhoods as a key source of water supply account for 13.2% of the population. 267. In the rural communities and other cities, the supply of clean drinking tap water involves 28% and 68% of the population respectively. Though the main source of water supply is through the taps, the fact still remains that 16.8% of the Senegalese population still use unprotected dug wells, whereas in the cities in the countryside, 10.8% of the population use protected dug wells as against 8% in the rural communities and 0.7% in Dakar. 268. Safe drinking water coverage rate actually increased in the rural areas in Senegal from 86.4% in 2010 to 90.1% in 2011, though the proportion of this population without access to drinking water is estimated to be 20% as against 1.3% in the urban areas. 94  Access to sanitation : 269. The rate of access to sanitation, i.e. the proportion of the population with access to basic sanitation system 95 was 47.4% in Senegal. Out of this population, 37% mainly use flush toilets with septic tanks and 15.3% use uncovered latrines as toilet facility. 92 See Joint Annual Review (RAC) of the Millennium Drinking Water and Sanitation Programme (PEPAM) 2012. 93 Cf. National Statistical and Demographic Agency, Economic and Social Situation of Senegal in 2011, pages 163164. 94 95 Corresponding to the number of days in the year during which drinking water service has been continuous. That is a toilet flushing system connected to the sewage, the septic tank or to pit latrines. 60