PHA-Exchange> UNDP The 2006 Human Development Report - Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis

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 from "Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)" <ruglucia at PAHO.ORG> -----

The 2006 Human Development Report 


Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis

UNDP November 2006 - web site: http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/>    

"....Throughout history water has confronted humanity with some of its
greatest challenges. Water is a source of life and a natural resource
that sustains our environments and supports livelihoods - but it is also
a source of risk and vulnerability. In the early 21st Century, prospects
for human development are threatened by a deepening global water crisis.
Debunking the myth that the crisis is the result of scarcity, this
report argues poverty, power and inequality are at the heart of the
problem.

In a world of unprecedented wealth, almost 2 million children die each
year for want of a glass of clean water and adequate sanitation.
Millions of women and young girls are forced to spend hours collecting
and carrying water, restricting their opportunities and their choices.
And water-borne infectious diseases are holding back poverty reduction
and economic growth in some of the world's poorest countries. 

Beyond the household, competition for water as a productive resource is
intensifying. Symptoms of that competition include the collapse of
water-based ecological systems, declining river flows and large-scale
groundwater depletion. Conflicts over water are intensifying within
countries, with the rural poor losing out. The potential for tensions
between countries is also growing, though there are large potential
human development gains from increased cooperation...."

            Content:

*       Foreword, Acknowledgements and Contents
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/Forword_Acknowledgements_Conten
t.pdf>  [230 Kb.] 

*       Overview: Beyond scarcity: power, poverty and the global water
crisis <http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Overview.pdf>
[287 Kb.] 

*       Chapter 1: Ending the crisis in water and sanitation
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Chapter_1.pdf>  [1,301
Kb.] 

*       Chapter 2: Water for human consumption
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Chapter_2.pdf>  [572
Kb.] 

*       Chapter 3: The vast deficit in sanitation
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Chapter_3.pdf>  [435
Kb.] 

*       Chapter 4: Water scarcity, risk and vulnerability
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Chapter_4.pdf>  [1,541
Kb.]) 

*       Chapter 5: Water competition in agriculture
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Chapter_5.pdf>  [577
Kb.] 

*       Chapter 6: Managing transboundary waters
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Chapter_6.pdf>  [1,053
Kb.] 

*       Notes, Bibliographic note, Bibliography
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/Notes_Bibliographic_note_Biblio
graphy.pdf>  [385 Kb.] 

*       Human Development Indicators
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/Human_development_indicators.pd
f> [584 Kb.] 

*       Tables
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Tables.pdf>  [1,221
Kb.] 

*       Technical Notes
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/Techinical_notes.pdf>  [707
Kb.] 

*       Download the complete report
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR06-complete.pdf>  [8 Mb.] 

*       Errata
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/errata/HDR2006-ERRATA_7Nov06.doc>  [
41 Kb.] 

            Summaries: 

*       English
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR2006_English_Summary.pdf>

[1.7 Mb.] 

*       French
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR2006_French_Summary.pdf>

[1.6 Mb.] 

*       Spanish 
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR2006_Spanish_Summary.pdf>
[1.5Mb.] 

*       Portuguese
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR2006_Portuguese_Summary.p
df> 
[1.5 Mb.] 

*       Chinese
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR2006_China_Summary.pdf> 
[2.3 Mb.] 

*       Russian
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR2006_Russian_Summary.pdf>

[4.7 Mb.] 

*       Arabic
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR2006_Arabic_Summary.pdf>

[1.2 Mb.] 

*       German
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR2006_German_Summary.pdf> 
[201 Kb.] 

*       Swedish
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR06Svensk.pdf> 
[2.6 Mb.] 

*       Norwegian
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR06Norsk.pdf> 
[2.6 Mb.] 

*       Danish
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR06Dansk.pdf> 
[2.6 Mb.] 

*       Finnish
<http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/summaries/HDR06Finsk.pdf> 
[2.6 Mb.] 



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