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Contributions from
the Column
Studies and reports
Development driven by technology?
So far only a vague prospect
AIDS vaccine: no breakthrough
Interview with Michael Krakowski
Poverty reduction strategy papers:
donors still dominant
Sovereign debt restructuring:
IMF proposal does not go far enough
Fresh water
Foreign investment: democracies preferred?
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Fresh water
Fresh water, like other resources, is extremely unevenly distributed around the world: the flush of a single toilet in an industrialised country consumes as much water as a person in a developing country has for drinking, cooking and washing for a day. That is one of the graphic facts highlighted in the first World Water Development Report put together by UNESCO with the support of 23 other UN organisations. Published at the end of February to mark the International Year of Freshwater and provide food for thought in the final run-up to the World Water Forum in Kyoto, it points out that around a billion people do not have reliable access to clean drinking water. And that figure could double over the next 50 years – regardless of the international development target of halving the number by 2015. (uke)
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