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  Dealing with drought: livelihood options for drought risk reduction

  Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006

  Recent development in South Asia has led to a rapid increase in exploitation of rivers and groundwater, causing considerable stress on these water sources.
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  United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)

  UNU-INWEH’s  aim is to strengthen water management capacity, particularly of developing countries, and to provide on-the-ground project support.
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  Urban and peri-urban aquaculture development in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India

  Centre for Environment and Society, University of Essex, 2006

  This paper follows the 2005 Dhaka workshop on "Peri-urban aquatic production and improvement of the livelihoods of the urban poor in south east Asia".
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  Water rights and wrongs: a young people's summary of the United Nations Human Development Report 2006, Beyond Scarcity: power, poverty, and the global water crisis

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2007

  Aimed at young people, this booklet presents key points from the 2006 Human Development Report on water scarcity and its effects on human life. The report is user-friendly, using photographs and illustrations, stories from young people, basic data on the health effects of poor-quality water, and examples of efforts to bring water to poor communities.
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  Children's letters to ministers

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006

  There has been growing concern over the lack of information that society as a whole has with respect to our water resources. But this report shows that children and young people intuitively know the importance of water in all its complexity.
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  Remaining drops: freshwater resources: a global issue

  Pacific Institute, 2006

  This report, targeted at the financial sector, outlines key trends in water use and availability, describes new water-related risks and identifies strategies for the financial community to assess investment opportunities and dangers in order to reduce investment risk.
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  Human development report 2006: Beyond Scarcity - Power, poverty and the global water crisis

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2006

  For 2006 the UN's Human Development Report focuses on global access to clean water and sanitation.
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  Pushing beyond earth's limits

  Earth Policy Institute, 2006

  World grain production is a basic indicator of overall food security at the global level. Since 1984, world grain production has expanded more slowly than the world’s population. By the early years of the 21st century, consumption has outstripped production.
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  Water tariff increase in Manaus (Brazil): an evaluation of the impact on households

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2006

  Since 2000, water and sanitation services in Manaus, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, have been managed by a private operator.
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  Transboundary water cooperation: a BMZ position paper

  Bundesministerium fur wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, 2006

  This position paper sets out the policy framework and aims of the German development cooperation in the area of transboundary water cooperation and defining the position of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).The paper describes the international legal framework regarding water cooperation, outlines BMZ policy and priority action areas, and offers some of the les

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