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Water and sanitation for all: the need to go beyond numbers and beyond the MDGs

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals for water and sanitation is clearly a priority in many UN agencies, as reflected in the number of agencies and annual reports on the topic. However, to what extent should these assessments and indicators serve as a basis for donor policies and priorities? While not wanting to critique these efforts and indicators, IDS fellows - Jeremy Allouch and Lyla Mehta argue how enhancing water and sanitation is severely restricted by the definition given by the Millennium Development Goals and its impact on indicators. Official indicators leave out a huge range of local initiatives and alternative ways of improving water and sanitation that fall outside the MDGs.

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ICTs for e-Environment – guidelines for developing countries, with a focus on climate change: ( R. Labelle / International Telecommunication Union , 2008); This report, ICTs for e-Environment, reviews key ICT trends and provides an overview of the impact that ICTs have on the environment and climate change as well as their role in helping mankind to miti...
Learning lessons in shared forestry management in Malawi: ( C. Jumbe;A. Angelsen / Forestry Research Institute of Malawi , 2006); This study uses household-level data from the Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves under the pilot forest co-management programme in Malawi to address the following questions: ...
International Water Management Institute research reports: ( International Water Management Institute , 2011); Research reports from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Farmer-based financing of operations in the Niger Valley irrigation schemes Bailout with white r...
Norwegian contribution to clean energy solutions: ( ECON Pöyry , 2011); This study provides a mapping of Norwegian CSOs working on energy and development issues in developing countries and an overview assessment of how the CSOs fit with the priorities of the Norwegian Gov...
The rising importance of the BASIC countries in a changing world: ( ECON Pöyry , 2011); This study, commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Environment, aims to assess why and how the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) are important for the global environment. The...
Forest use and protection in Malawi: ( P. Nkwanda / Chancellor College, University of Malawi , 2008); Forests in Malawi play an important role in both social and economic development of the country. Among the environmental services provided by forests is carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration is t...
Norwegian support to Tanzanian traditional energy: ( A.L. Cowi (ed);D. Hoystad (ed) / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation , 2010); The Government of Norway supported the Tanzania Traditional Energy Development and Environment Organisation (TaTEDO) programme ‘Integrated Modern Energy Services for Sustainable Development and ...
Introducing safeguards into the REDD process: ( B. Steni;G.B. Indarto;M.T. Surya;Y. Indradi / Rainforest Foundation Norway , 2010); The aim of climate change mitigation and adaptation programs are to protect all the Earth’s inhabitants from the serious threats posed by climate change. Safeguards ensure both mitigation and ad...
Does land cover affect rainfall patterns in southern Africa?: ( C.J.R. Williams;D.R. Kniveton / , 2011); The paper presents an investigation on the influence of land cover changes on rainfall variability, and in particular daily rainfall extremes in southern Africa. It examines the effect of increasing t...
Forest resource accounting for improved national income accounts of Malawi: ( V. Kasulo;J. Luhanga / Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia , 2005); This study contributes towards the development of Malawi’s first integrated economic and natural resource accounts by compiling forest accounts and integrating them into the national income acco...