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Informationen zum Autor The Millennium Project was commissioned by the UN Secretary-General and sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on behalf of the UN Development Group. The report is an independent publication that reflects the views of the members of the Task Force on Water and Sanitation! who contributed in their personal capacity. Klappentext * One of 14 publications comprising the official UN strategy on how to reduce extreme poverty and achieve the fundamental worldwide human development goals for the coming decade Zusammenfassung The UN Millennium Project was commissioned by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to develop a practical plan of action to meet the Millennium Development Goals. This title outlines the practical actions that are needed to increase access to water and sanitation. It underscores the need to focus on the global sanitation crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword -- Task force members -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Millennium Development Goals -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1 Water is life -- The historical context -- The institutional context -- The focus of this report -- Part 1 The Millennium Development target for domestic water supply and sanitation -- Chapter 2 Why focus on water supply and sanitation -- Human values and human rights -- Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals -- Chapter 3 Target 10 and the global monitoring system -- Target 10 on water and sanitation -- The current system for monitoring and evaluation -- Chapter 4 Where are the needs greatest? -- Access to domestic water supply and sanitation services -- Current levels of access and the rate of progress toward the goal -- Low access to services and high incidence of water-related disease -- Identifying greatest needs globally -- Pinpointing greatest needs within countries -- Chapter 5 What's holding us back? -- Political constraints -- Institutional constraints -- Financial constraints -- Technical challenges -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The special challenge of meeting the sanitation target -- A collective or an individual service? -- The nature of demand for improved sanitation -- Reorienting public institutions for sanitation service delivery -- Changing roles for government -- New technologies or better use of existing technologies? -- Alternative planning approaches for urban sanitation -- Alternative planning approaches for rural sanitation -- Galvanizing support for sanitation and hygiene -- Chapter 7 Technology and infrastructure -- Available technological options -- Cost-reduction strategies -- The need for innovation -- Chapter 8 What would it cost? -- Global estimates -- National estimates: a method to assess needs -- Chapter 9 Grappling with financing for the poorest -- Principal target group: poor people in the poorest countries -- Financial constraints in low-income countries -- Affordability, sustainability, and water conservation -- What about middle-income countries? -- Part 2 Water resources for all the Millennium Development Goals -- Chapter 10 Why does water resources development and management matter? -- Poverty and hunger -- Environmental sustainability -- Health -- Gender equality -- Exploiting potential synergies through combined approaches -- Chapter 11 What actions are needed? -- Investing in water resources development and management -- Adopting integrated water resources management -- Examples of context-specific actions -- Chapter 12 Monitoring and support systems -- Monitoring water resources -- Global institutional support structures -- Recommendations for the international community -- Part 3 Achieving the Millennium Development Goals -- Chapter 13 How to make the Goals a reality -- A call to action -- Ten critical actions -- Chapter 14 An operational plan -- Appendix 1 Insights from case studies -- Notes -- References. ...
