On cover: A paper prepared for The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. - 28 refs. Read more...
Cities are home to more people than ever before. In 1900, only 160 million people, one tenth of the world's population, were city dwellers. Read more...
Children are the most vulnerable group affected by inappropriate water provision and sanitary conditions. Read more...
The UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program was originally conceived as an applied research project to support efforts in the Drinking Water... Read more...
Throughout Africa and the Middle East, supplies of fresh water for growing and processing food, household and urban uses, and industrial cooling and... Read more...
This report stresses that water is a vital resource which should not become a commodity sold to the highest bidder, and advocates that access to... Read more...
The present study is both an early output, and also a contribution to the design, of the larger thematic review. Read more...