Asia Water Watch 2015
Are countries in Asia on track to meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), identified in the 2000 United Nations Millennium Declaration, reflect the commitment of the world community to work together and reduce global poverty. The MDGs’ Target 10 calls for the world to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation by 2015. It presents a particularly formidable challenge for Asia and the Pacific, where one in three persons does not have access to safe, sustainable water supplies, and one in two to sanitation.
This report assesses the region’s prospects of reaching Target 10. Important to the progress and prospects of the region is the rationale that this report presents: it is not investing for water’s sake, but for poverty’s sake.
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Abbreviations, Foreword, Acknowledgement and Contents
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Setting the scene: Water, poverty, and the MDGs
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Water supply coverage: Progress and prospects
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Sanitation coverage: Progress and prospects
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Meeting Target 10: How much will it cost?
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Maximizing Target 10: Reaping the full social and economic benefits
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Defining the challenges: Where change is needed
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Meeting the challenges: Who should do what?
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Endnotes
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Annexes
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Published jointly by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and World Health Organization (WHO).
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