SLIDE 1
WWW-YES, Paris 13-16 May 2008
WWW-YES, Paris 13-16 May 2008
Introduction
Water scarcity Water scarcity: a : a contemporary contemporary global issue, global issue, especially especially for for developing developing countries ( countries (facing facing important population important population growth and weak financing growth and weak financing capacities capacities for network services: for network services: water water, , sanitation sanitation, , electrecity electrecity, , transport transport… … According According to UNDP more to UNDP more than than 1 billion people are 1 billion people are denied denied to clean to clean water access worlwide water access worlwide. . This situation slow down This situation slow down economic growth and economic growth and social social development development in in developing developing countries countries… … And And hit more hit more vulnerable vulnerable people: slow people: slow income income population population who who pays pays highest prices highest prices for for less quality and quantity water less quality and quantity water. . After After slow slow performence performence of
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the 80 80’ ’ and and 90 90’ ’ programmes, programmes, is is MDG MDG’ ’s s target target to to halve the halve the proportion of people proportion of people without access without access to a to a safe safe drinkable water drinkable water by 2015 by 2015 feasible feasible? ? Or new Or new strategies strategies must must be held be held or
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