Human Development Report 2006: Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis
Source: United Nations Development Programme
The Human Development Report continues to frame debates on some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. Human Development Report 2006:
- Investigates the underlying causes and consequences of a crisis that leaves 1.2 billion people without access to safe water and 2.6 billion without access to sanitation
- Argues for a concerted drive to achieve water and sanitation for all through national strategies and a global plan of action
- Examines the social and economic forces that are driving water shortages and marginalizing the poor in agriculture
- Looks at the scope for international cooperation to resolve cross-border tensions in water management
- Includes special contributions from Gordon Brown and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, President Lula, President Carter, and the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
Download by chapters (PDFs) or as full report (PDF; 8 MB).
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