The policy brief shows that water should be seen as an investment, not a cost.
Title | Investing in the future : water 's role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2004 |
Authors | UN Millennium Development Project -New York, NY, USA. Task Force on Water and Sanitation, Swedish Water House- Stockholm, SE, SWH |
Secondary Title | Swedish Water House policy briefs |
Volume | no. 1 |
Pagination | 15 p. : photogr. |
Date Published | 2004-01-01 |
Publisher | Swedish Water House (SWH) |
Place Published | Stockholm, Sweden |
Keywords | diseases, gender, health impact, millennium development goals, policies, poverty, safe water supply, sanitation, sdipol |
Abstract | The policy brief shows that water should be seen as an investment, not a cost. It shows how hunger, environmental problems and diseases would be directly combated and significantly scaled back if fought with water access as a primary goal; that child and maternal mortality rates would drop; and that other important issues, including education and gender equality, would indirectly benefi t from achievement of the safe drinking water and basic sanitation targets identified within the MDGs. [abstract taken from SIWI web site] |
Original Publication | Achieving the millennium development goals for water and sanitation : what will it take? : interim full report |