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Addressing the Water Crisis - Healthier and more Productive Lives for Poor People (DFID; 2001; 58 pages)
	The international development targets
	Other Strategy Papers published in this series
	Department for International Development
	Acknowledgments
	List of Acronyms
	Foreword by the Secretary of State
	Executive summary
	1. The challenges
		1.1 Introduction
		1.2 The current situation in water resources
		1.3 The current situation in water supply and sanitation²
		1.4 Improving the management of water resources
		1.5 Avoiding conflicts over water resources
		1.6 Allocating water between different users
		1.7 Delivering water services sustainably
		1.8 Improving coordination among the international players
	2. Target statements
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 Water and the elimination of poverty
		2.3 Water targets
	3. Experience to date
		3.1 Introduction
		3.2 Historical overview
		3.3 Lesson 1: Put people at the centre
		3.4 Lesson 2: Respond to demand
		3.5 Lesson 3: Recognise water as a scarce resource
	4. Meeting the challenge
		4.1 Introduction
		4.2 How people and communities can respond
		4.3 How civil society can respond
		4.4 How governments can respond
		4.5 How the private sector can respond
		4.6 How the international development community can respond
	5. Priorities for DFID
		5.1 Introduction
		5.2 DFID'S overall strategy in water
		5.3 DFID'S range of activities in water
	6. Monitoring progress
		6.1 Indicators and monitoring systems
		6.2 Assessing DFID'S performance
	Annexes
		Annex 1 - Global and regional indicators of development progress for the international development targets
		Annex 2 - Water and Sanitation Coverage¹ by Country
		Annex 3 - Water Resource and Water Abstraction Data
	Back Cover

Addressing the Water Crisis - Healthier and more Productive Lives for Poor People

DFID - Department for International Development

Strategies for achieving the international development targets

Cover photograph: Panos Pictures

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