Despite recent improvements in water management, approximately
1.4 billion people lack adequate water and about 3 billion people
lack adequate sanitation services. It is commonly acknowledged that
these and other water problems affect the poor adversely in terms
of their livelihoods, their health, and their vulnerability to
water-related natural disasters.
The authors of this edited volume have broad experience managing
water development projects - integrated social-economic programs
aimed directly at poverty reduction in different regions of the
developing world. In the book's four Parts, they offer an
interdisciplinary approach to many issues that contribute to the
relationship between water and poverty.
Part I includes articles on the conceptual and methodological
issues concerning poverty reduction through water resources
development. It also offers analysis of quantitative measurements
of poverty reduction, including some approaches for creating a
Water Poverty Index. Part II considers the institutional frameworks
for management of water and poverty reduction. Topics range from
community-based decision making to international leadership. Part
III encompasses discussions on participatory irrigation management
and the privatization of urban water supplies and sewerage and the
link to poverty. Case studies from India, Turkey, and Jordan make
up Part IV. The studies present diverse water management and
development practices for poverty reduction, including realistic
pricing and effective irrigation practices, the use of water as an
engine for sustainable development, small and large scale
strategies for reducing the risks and uncertainties in water
availability and food security, the economic value of improved
water supplies, and the positive impact of small-scale development
projects.
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