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Water and Poverty
Changing Policies and Improving Governance for Water Security for the Poor



Description

This session will focus on policy, governance and the institutional context within which pro-poor integrated water resources management can be set. The discussion on existing experiences of policy reform and changes to governance conditions will be the basis for identifying generic approaches that have wide application.

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Key Issues

  • Identifying pro-poor water policies at national and international levels
  • Defining governance conditions that enhance the water security of the poor
  • Identifying reform packages to improve the access of the poor to water resources
  • Defining institutional processes and capacity building approaches to improve the water security of the poor

Date and Venue

20 March 2003; 12:30 - 15:15
Room D, Kyoto International Conference Hall
Kyoto, Japan

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Program

ActivitySchedulePresenter
Introduction to the session and theme 12:30 to 12:45Albert Wright
Global Water Partnership
South African Water Policy Experience12:45 to 13:00Barbara Schreiner
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa
Action Agenda Report from NGO Consultation13:00 to 13:15Danielle Morley
Freshwater Action Network
Subsidies for Sustainable Sanitation, India13:15 to 13:30Roger Fitzgerald
WaterAid
Participatory Watershed Development in Andhra Pradesh 13:30 to 13:45Malla Reddy / Ratna Reddy
RDT/CESS
Public and Private Water Supply: Brazil13:45 to 14:00Alain Mathys
Ondeo
The Water Security and Poverty Challenge in Beijing14:00 to 14:15Zhongya Ma
PRC Environmental Department
Irrigation Management and Governance in Sri Lanka and Pakistan14:15 to 14:30Yasuo Fajita
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Panel Discussion14:30 to 15:15Albert Wright

Malla Reddy

Alain Mathys

Bert Diphoorn,
Department of Foreign Affairs-Netherlands

Allan Hall, GWP

Danielle Morley

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