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| Author: |
UNDP, 2004
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| Title: |
Water Governance for Poverty Reduction: Key Issues and the UNDP Response to the Millenium Development Goals |
| Publisher: |
UNDP/BDP Energy and Environment Group, 102 pages
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| Type: |
Books
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| Country / Region: |
Global
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| Categories: |
Millennium Development Goals,
Water & Sanitation
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| Date Posted: |
2005-02-02 |
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This booklet aims to highlight the key water-related challenges developing countries face,
give examples of approaches that have worked based on the experience of UNDP and its partners, and make recommendations concerning policy. It is organized in chapters that correspond to the areas targeted by the Millennium Development Goals.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of key water issues, how they relate to the MDGs, and how
UNDP addresses them through improved water governance, integrated water resources management, and capacity building. Chapter 2 looks at the role of water in eradicating poverty and hunger; Chapter 3 addresses gender equality, women’s empowerment and girls’ education;
Chapter 4 explores the role of water in safeguarding human health, particularly in
reducing child mortality and major diseases for which water is a vector; Chapter 5 examines
the relationship between water and environmental sustainability; Chapter 6 explores the
special challenges faced by slum dwellers with regard to water and sanitation; and Chapter 7
presents conclusions, recommendations and the key elements of UNDP’s water strategy.
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