ADB Review - January - February 2003

ADB Review
Water for All?

One in three Asians lacks access to safe drinking water within 200 meters from home. One in two does not have adequate sanitation facilities.

Find out what ADB and its partners have been doing to make every drop count.

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Women and Water: Success Story

A rural water supply project in Pakistan is boosting family incomes and increasing women's confidence.

What a Difference Clean Water Makes

Gone are the days when they have to fetch their drinking water from a stagnant rainwater pond, or a muddy irrigation.

Private Sector Participation: Does It Work?

Private sector participation in the water sector makes good sense when it comes to raising funds for investments — and freeing up government resources for more basic public services.

Water for All: Every Drop Counts

ADB’s "Water For All" policy provides a comprehensive framework to address water within a holistic vision.

Water Forum: Ending the Hardship: Water and Poverty

Poverty can be reduced where water resources management, water services delivery, and overall water security focus on the needs of the poor.

Water and Poverty: Listening to the Poor

Without access to safe water, the human condition can be wretched. But ADB is leading an initiative to change this situation.

Floods and the Poor: Too Much Water

Flooding affects most the poorest people - who are least able to rebuild their lives.


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Vision: Water: A Crisis of Governance Opinion: Hiking Tariffs to Help the Poor Evaluation: Building on Success The Interview: Uzbekistan’s Water Woes Irrigation: Channels to Prosperity Waterdome: Glimpses from Johannesburg	Water and Asian Cities: Connecting the Poor Water and Islands: Balancing Act Shared Water Resources: Whose Water? Viewpoint: Trisector Partnering Governance: Doing Things Better Pictorial: Easing Her Burden

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