| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Overview Beyond scarcity: power, poverty and the global water crisis |
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Ending the crisis in water and sanitation |
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25 | (50) |
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28 | (3) |
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How water insecurity decoupled economic growth and human development |
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30 | (1) |
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The water-sanitation disconnect---and delayed progress |
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31 | (1) |
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Today's global crisis in water and sanitation |
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31 | (10) |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (1) |
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... and sanitation lags behind water |
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36 | (1) |
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The data systematically underreport the scale of the deficit |
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36 | (5) |
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The human development costs of the crisis |
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41 | (7) |
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Worsening income poverty---the wealth effect of the crisis |
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41 | (1) |
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Retarding improvements in child mortality rates---the deadly link at birth |
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42 | (3) |
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Spawning lifecycle disadvantages |
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45 | (1) |
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Raising wider health costs |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (1) |
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Exacerbating time-poverty and gender inequality |
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47 | (1) |
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Undermining human dignity |
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48 | (1) |
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The crisis hits the poor hardest---by far |
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48 | (7) |
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The poor account for most of the deficit |
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48 | (3) |
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The poor pay more---and more than they can afford |
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51 | (4) |
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The Millennium Development Goals and beyond---getting on track |
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55 | (4) |
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A progress report on the Millennium Development Goal target |
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55 | (3) |
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Savings from meeting the Millennium Development Goal target |
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58 | (1) |
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Making progress a reality |
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59 | (16) |
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Recognizing the human right to water and sanitation |
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60 | (1) |
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Developing strong national strategies |
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61 | (5) |
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Increasing international aid for water and sanitation |
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66 | (4) |
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Building the global partnership---the case for an international water and sanitation global action plan |
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70 | (5) |
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Water for human consumption |
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75 | (34) |
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Why the poor pay more---and get less water |
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80 | (8) |
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``Improved'' and ``unimproved'' water---an illusory border between clean and dirty |
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80 | (2) |
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Getting water from multiple providers |
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82 | (1) |
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Climbing the price ladder in urban slums |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (2) |
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Rural poor---the last in line |
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86 | (2) |
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Managing the network for efficiency and equity |
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88 | (8) |
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Public providers---key to provision and financing |
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89 | (2) |
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Private providers---beyond concessions |
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91 | (5) |
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Delivering the outcomes---the policies |
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96 | (13) |
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Public financing and access for the urban poor |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (3) |
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International support for local financing |
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105 | (4) |
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The vast deficit in sanitation |
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109 | (22) |
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The 2.6 billion people without sanitation |
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112 | (6) |
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Who is where on the sanitation ladder? |
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113 | (2) |
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The water-sanitation-hygiene benefits loop |
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115 | (3) |
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Why does sanitation lag so far behind water? |
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118 | (2) |
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The national policy barrier |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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Bringing sanitation for all within reach |
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120 | (8) |
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Action from below makes a difference |
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121 | (1) |
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Government leadership is vital |
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122 | (5) |
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127 | (1) |
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Developing responsive markets |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (3) |
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Water scarcity, risk and vulnerability |
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131 | (40) |
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Rethinking scarcity in a water-stressed world |
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134 | (21) |
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134 | (4) |
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Breaching the limits of sustainable use---problems, policies and responses |
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138 | (10) |
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Augmenting supply---options and constraints |
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148 | (4) |
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Regulating demand for a scarce resource |
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152 | (3) |
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Dealing with risk, vulnerability and uncertainty |
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155 | (14) |
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The crucial role of infrastructure |
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155 | (4) |
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Global warming---the predictable emergency |
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159 | (10) |
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169 | (2) |
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Water competition in agriculture |
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171 | (30) |
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Water and human development---the livelihood links |
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174 | (4) |
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Agriculture under pressure---the emerging scenarios |
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175 | (2) |
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Immovable objects and irresistible forces |
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177 | (1) |
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Competition, rights and the scramble for water |
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178 | (9) |
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The limits to private water markets |
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179 | (2) |
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The water rights agenda---missing equity and empowerment |
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181 | (2) |
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Customary and formal rights---evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa |
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183 | (3) |
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Water rights shape entitlements |
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186 | (1) |
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Better governance in irrigation systems |
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187 | (8) |
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Reducing the risk of poverty |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (3) |
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Empowerment---the missing link |
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192 | (3) |
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Greater water productivity for the poor |
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195 | (4) |
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Water harvesting and micro-irrigation |
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195 | (2) |
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Low-technology solutions with high human development returns |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (2) |
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Managing transboundary waters |
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201 | (32) |
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Hydrological interdependence |
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204 | (5) |
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Sharing the world's water |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (3) |
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The costs of not cooperating |
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209 | (6) |
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Transmitting tensions down the river |
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209 | (2) |
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Shrinking lakes, drying rivers |
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211 | (4) |
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215 | (9) |
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215 | (3) |
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On the river and beyond the river |
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218 | (3) |
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221 | (3) |
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River basin cooperation for human development |
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224 | (9) |
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224 | (2) |
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Weak institutional structures for water management |
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226 | (2) |
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Creating the conditions for cooperation |
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228 | (5) |
| Notes |
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233 | (3) |
| Bibliographic note |
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236 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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