To meet the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals some 300,000 people have to be provided with improved water supplies and 440,000 with improved sanitation every day during the period 2001-2015.

This paper presents an analysis of Official Development Assistance (ODA) flows to the water and sanitation sector, based on data gathered from the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and Creditor Reporting Systems (CRS) databases.

The United Nations World Water Development Report is the flagship publication of UN-Water, the inter-agency mechanism established to coordinate the activities of all United Nations agencies and entities working in the area of freshwater resources.

Este documento tiene por objeto presentar las consideraciones más relevantes de los trabajos adelantados en el marco del proyecto “Desarrollo de las microfinanzas para la vivienda”, financiado a través de First Initiative, e indicar como se fue estructurando la cooperación internacional que ha recibido el Ministerio de Ambiente.

This is the second UN-HABITAT global report on Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities.

This guidebook targets the Water and Sanitation Service Sector, such as public or private utilities in urban centres wishes to engage in water and sanitation education activities through dedicated classrooms and the Education Sector especially schools wishes to engage with the water and sanitation sector on joint education initiatives.

This publication has been brought out in partnership with Mahila Chetna Manch, an NGO based in Bhopal (India). It forms the basis of gender mainstreaming strategy for water and sanitation initiatives in these four project cities.

AIDS is one of the most devastating global pandemics the world has ever faced.

Meeting the challenge of halving the number of people who lack access to safe water and adequate sanitation by 2015 will take a concerted effort and a great deal of determination and commitment.