‘‘Empowering Communities for Sustainable Urbanization’’ Working Group on Delivery of MDG for Water and Sanitation
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Key Message Although the Asia-Pacific region as a whole is an early achiever of the MDG target for safe drinking water, it may not reach the target for sanitation by 2015. Population growth, rapid urbanization and climate change threaten progress towards these targets even in urban areas. Achieving the MDG targets for the water supply and sanitation sector (WSS) in the Asia-Pacific region will require ‘‘out of the water box’ solutions’ that identify synergies and trade-offs, and a strong political will to mobilize finance.
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