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TitleAccess to drinking water and sanitation in Asia : indicators and implications : Asian water development outlook 2007, discussion paper
Publication TypeMiscellaneous
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsRao, B
Pagination39 p. : tab.
Date Published2007-01-01
PublisherAsian Development Bank
Place PublishedManila, Philippines
Keywordsaccess to sanitation, access to water, economic aspects, environmental impact, policies, sdipol, water resources development, water use
Abstract

As Asia’s growth momentum continues, policy makers in all the emerging economies have become fully aware of the need to focus attention on ensuring the inclusion of all people, especially the vulnerable sections, in sharing the benefits of rapid economic growth.
Inclusive growth has two dimensions: who are to be included and what is to be included. The answer to the first is well known: the poor and less endowed must be included in generat¬ing economic growth as well as in sharing its benefits.
An important dimension of inclusive growth is the achievement of universal access to water and sanitation. Aiming for inclusive growth in Asia will make little practical sense unless targets are set and policies, programs, and projects are articulated to achieve this universal water and sanitation access. Composite indicators like the Human Development Index are of great help in pinpointing the areas where action is needed. IDWA [Index of drinking Water Adequacy], the index proposed in this paper, is simple and easy to interpret.
At the present half-way point in the MDG time frame, it is suggested that the goals on water and sanitation be fine-tuned to incorpo¬rate a goal to achieve a house for every family, which will help deliver water and sanitation by way of house connections. Mounting a special effort at data evaluation is very much needed, given the anomalies in regard to differences in the relationships between water and sanitation access indicators and mortality rates at global and Asian levels.

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