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Water and Poverty
Opening Plenary: The Multiple Roles of Water in Poverty Reduction



Description

This session will set the context for the discussions on water and poverty over the next two days of the forum (March 19 and 20). Its main objective is to provide a common framework and overview of experiences from the ground within which the more thematic sessions can be understood. It will focus on the perspectives of different stakeholders and the experiences of water-poverty relationships from different parts of the world.

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Key Issues

  • Water-poverty relationships
  • Role of water in livelihoods of the poor
  • Understanding water's role in poverty reduction
  • Community perceptions on water problems and priorities

Date and Venue

19 March 2003; 9:00 - 11:00
Annex Hall 1, Kyoto International Conference Hall
Kyoto, Japan

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Program

ActivityPresenter
Opening musical numberMassukas, Water Supply and Sanitation NGO, Mozambique
Introduction to sessions and Overview of WPI Summary Paper and Action Programs John Soussan
Water and Poverty Initiative
Opening RemarksTadao Chino
Asian Development Bank
Looking BackRavi Narayanan
WaterAid
Case Study: Allocating Water for Home-based Productive Activities in Bushbuckridge, South Africa Sharon Pollard
Association for Water and Rural Development
Keynote SpeechAyako Sono
Nippon Foundation
Punjab Rural Water Supply Project Shakeel Khan
ADB

Nadia Saeed
Community Mobilizer
Film- Community Participation in a Rural Water Supply Project The Punjab Experience

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