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Water and the Millennium Development Goals
WATER: THE KEY TO ACHIEVING THE MDGS
With less than 10 years before the deadline of the MDGs, developed and developing countries, civil society, and development institutions are investing more time and money to make all eight MDGs a reality. For ADB, better water resource management and greater access to water and sanitation services are vital to achieving the MDGs. It recently launched the Water Financing Program that is designed to double its investments in the water sector, as well as focus them on rural communities, cities, and river basins.
MDG TARGET 10 IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
The Asia and Pacific region plays a pivotal role in the MDG commitment. The region is home to the majority of the world's poor. One in five Asians does not have access to safe water supply; one in two does not have access to improved sanitation. The Asia and Pacific region's progress will affect the global community's success in achieving the MDG targets as scheduled. Water supply and sanitation improvements are proving to be keys that unlock many aspects of poverty. Ideally, water supply and sanitation projects should be implemented in as far advance of the 2015 deadline as possible for their impacts to register on the other MDG targets.
Actions to achieve Target 10 indicators must be implemented without delay, and will need a minimum annual investments of US$8 billion over the next decade, according to the Asia Water Watch 2015 study undertaken by ADB, WHO, UNDP, and UNESCAP. REGIONAL AND COUNTRY PROFILES
View the Target 10 achievements in water supply and sanitation coverage in Asia and the Pacific.
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