Water and Poverty The Realities: Experiences from the Field
Asian Development Bank | January 2004
Abstract
T he cases presented here are drawn from “best practice” case study papers produced for the Water and Poverty Initiative, a partnership of leading international organizations intended to create a greater awareness for advocacy and the development of strategies to achieve the potential of water as a key element in poverty reduction. The focus of these case studies is the link between water and poverty reduction.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2004. Water and Poverty The Realities: Experiences from the Field. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2463. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Print ISBN
971-561-518-X
Keywords
Alleviating Poverty
Anti-Poverty
Extreme Poverty
Fight Against Poverty
Global Poverty
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Indicators Of Poverty
Participatory Poverty Assessment
Poverty Eradication
Poverty Analysis
Poverty In Developing Countries
Poverty Reduction Efforts
Urban Poverty
Access To Water
Available Water
Demand For Water
Drinking Water
Drinking Water And Sanitation
Freshwater
Groundwater Quality
Health, Education, Water
Human Right To Water
Managing Water Resources
Development Indicators
Environmental Indicators
Economic Indicators
Educational Indicators
Demographic Indicators
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Low Income Groups
Socially Disadvantaged Children
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Conditions
Urban Development
Urban Sociology
Project finance
Environmental Health Water
Shared natural resources
Water storage
Supply storage
Water Shortage
Agricultural resources
River basin development
Hydrography
Poor
Economic forecasting
Health expectancy
Social groups
Political participation
Distribution of income
Inequality of income
Developing countries
Rural community development
Mass society
Social change
Social policy
Social stability
Population
Sustainable development
Peasantry
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Fresh water
Underground water
Water quality management
Drinking water protection
Source water protection
Water-supply
Water harvesting
Water in agriculture
Integrated water development
Residential water consumption
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