Human Development Report 2006: Beyond Scarcity - Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crises [Paperback]

United Nations Development Program (Editor)

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Publication Date: November 9, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0230500587 | ISBN-13: 978-0230500587

The 2006 Human Development Report focuses on water and human development. Water is central to the realization of human potential. It is a source of life for people and for the planet. Clean water and sanitation have a profound bearing on health and human dignity. Inequalities in access to clean water for drinking and to water as a productive input, reinforce wider inequalities in opportunity. With competition for water intensifying, there is a danger that poor and vulnerable communities will become increasingly marginalized. The twin challenge facing governments and donors is to accelerate progress towards universal access to water and sanitation; and to ensure that water management policies strengthen the rights of poor households to access water resources.

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The United Nations Development Program is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. They are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and their wide range of partners. Every year since 1990, the UNDP has commissioned the Human Development Report by an independent team of experts to explore major issues of global concern.

Product Details

• Paperback: 442 pages
• Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (November 9, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230500587
• ISBN-13: 978-0230500587
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,762,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)