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ADB’s Water Policy: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Part II: Will ADB’s Water Policy Provide Security?

4 May 2006 (11:00 – 12:00 noon)

This one-hour session featured a broader discussion on the Water Policy's implementation and how it can bring water security to the Asia-Pacific region. Panel discussants picked up from Part I of the discussion and deliberated on the steps to improve access to water by underserved communities.

PROGRAM/SPEAKERS
Speaker Topic
Bart W. Édes
Head, NGO and Civil Society Center, ADB, Moderator
Introduction, Question and Answer
Depinder S. Kapur
WaterAid, India
Response to the Review Panel’s Key Findings and Recommendations: Half Full and Half Empty
Ravi Narayanan
former Chief Executive, WaterAid, UK
The Review Panel’s Key Findings and Recommendations: Half Full and Half Empty [ PDF 464kb | 32pages]
Pradeep Singh
President and CEO, IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corporation, India
Woochong Um
Director, Energy, Transport and Water Division, RSDD, ADB
Erna Witoelar
United Nations Special Ambassador for Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific (Panel Chair)

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