Author: David Gootnick
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: state, department, needs, strengthen, approach, strategic, countries, developing, aid, sanitation, millions, beneficiaries, reported, water
Number of Pages: 63
Published: 2011-01
ISBN-10: 1437940692
ISBN-13: 9781437940695

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 made access to safe water and sanitation for developing countries a U.S. foreign assistance policy objective. The U.S. provides such assistance mainly through the USAID. The Act requires the Secretary of State to develop a water and sanitation assistance strategy with the USAID, and designate high-priority countries for assistance. This report: (1) describes USAID's accomplishments; (2) describes USAID's obligations of funds for water and sanitation assistance in FY 2006-09; (

Author: Pan American Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: quality, life, reducing, vulnerabilities, improving, sector, disaster, reduction, water, sanitation, challenge
Number of Pages: 50
Published: 2006-12-30
ISBN-10: 9275126291
ISBN-13: 9789275126295

This publication draws attention to the importance of ensuring that water and sanitation systems remain fully operational in the aftermath of natural disasters. This is critical if countries are to ensure there are no setbacks to the hard-won achievements in terms of access to these services. Risk management is an important tool for the fulfillment of global challenges to provide water and sanitation services to all at all times.

Author: UNICEF.
Publisher: UNICEF
Keywords: water, sanitation, card, report, children, progress
Number of Pages: 36
Published: 2006-09
ISBN-10: 928064050X
ISBN-13: 9789280640502

This publication is the fifith in a UNICEF series that monitors progress for children towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It assesses current performance in relation to MDG no.7 which aims to halve by 2015 the number of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. As well as being vital in themselves, safe water and sanitation are also key prerequisites for achieving other MDGs such as reducing child and materal mortality, combating diseases, reducing child undernutrition and achieving universal primary education. The report estimat

Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: oecd, perspective, sanitation, water, investing, benefits
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2011-03-17
ISBN-10: 9264100814
ISBN-13: 9789264100817

The provision of water supply, sanitation and wastewater services generates substantial benefits for public health, the economy and the environment. Benefit-to-cost ratios can be as high as 7 to 1 for basic water and sanitation services in developing countries. Wastewater treatment interventions, for example, generate significant benefits for public health, the environment and for certain economic sectors such as fisheries, tourism and property markets. The full magnitude of the benefits of water services is seldom considered for a number of reasons, including the difficulty in quantifying i

Author: Caroline Van Den Berg
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: water, sanitation, benchmarking, network, utilities, international, databook, blue, supply, performance, ibnet, book
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2010-12-23
ISBN-10: 0821385828
ISBN-13: 9780821385821

This book aims to raise awareness of how the International Benchmarking Network of Water and Sanitation Utilities (IBNET)can help utilities identify ways to improve urban water and wastewater services. It provides an introduction to benchmarking and to the objectives, scope and focus of IBNET and describes some of its recent achievements. The methodology and data behind IBNET are elaborated, and an overview of IBNET results and country data are presented.

Author: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: oecd, perspective, sanitation, water, investing, benefits
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2011-04-01
ISBN-10: 9264100547
ISBN-13: 9789264100541

The provision of water supply, sanitation and wastewater services generates substantial benefits for public health, The economy And The environment. Benefit-to-cost ratios can be as high as 7 to 1 for basic water and sanitation services in developing countries. Wastewater treatment interventions, For example, generate significant benefits for public health, The environment and for certain economic sectors such as fisheries, tourism and property markets. The full magnitude of the benefits of water services is seldom considered for a number of reasons, including the difficulty in quantifying imp

Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: aviation, sanitation, hygiene, guide
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 9241547774
ISBN-13: 9789241547772

The third edition of A Guide to Hygiene and Sanitation in Aviation addresses water, food, waste disposal, cleaning and disinfection, vector control and cargo safety, with the ultimate goal of assisting all types of airport and aircraft operators and all other responsible bodies in achieving high standards of hygiene and sanitation, to protect travellers and crews engaged in air transport. Each topic is addressed individually, with guidelines that provide procedures and quality specifications that are to be achieved. The guidelines apply to domestic and international air travel for all develope