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UN HABITAT - Local Actions for Sustainable Development: Water and Sanitation in Asia-Pacific Region
Abstract
The Asian continent represents the world's most
populous region with most of the world's largest cities
and it is the global economic powerhouse of the
future. By 2030, half of the Asian population will be
living in the cities and Asia alone will account for
more than half of the world's urban population. The
Asian region is experiencing the dynamics of
economic growth, rapid urbanisation and poverty.
The reality is that more than two-thirds of the global
poor live in Asia and more than 620 million people
live on one dollar per day or less. Asia is the home to
half of the world's slum population. Almost two-thirds
of the global population without access to safe
drinking water and three-fourths of the world's
population without access to safe sanitation live in
Asia. The burden is heaviest on the poor and on
women, affecting their health, safety and dignity.
Despite substantial investments in providing drinking
water and sanitation by the country governments,
access to these services remains a challenge. The
challenges are no doubt complex, but by no means
insurmountable. A concrete, realistic and achievable
plan of action with vision, implementation strategies
and monitoring mechanisms is needed to meet the
wide variance in country-specific conditions. While
some countries do have plans but not the means of
implementation, many developing countries do not
even have plans on how to transform the principles
and guidelines of the Millennium Summit into
concrete actions.
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