International Development - Sixth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 April 2007.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
SUMMARY
BACKGROUND AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
Current inequality, future scarcity
DFID's response
Our visit to Ethiopia
The structure of this report
2 THE
SANITATION CRISIS
The scale of the crisis and barriers
to progress
A distinct and neglected sector
The demand side of sanitation
Rethinking sanitation expertise within DFID
The sanitation challenge in slums
DFID—a global champion for sanitation?
3 FINANCING
AND AID INSTRUMENTS FOR SANITATION AND WATER
DFID's proposed Global Action Plan
Aid predictability and budget support
The human right to water
Multilateral institutions and sanitation
and water
The World Bank and the United Nations
Financing water-supporting infrastructure
Maximising benefits from the EU Water Initiative
The EU Water Facility
The African Development Bank's Rural Water
Supply and Sanitation Initiative
4 SUPPLYING
WATER
Finding the right role for the private,
public and informal sectors
The private sector's role as a contractor
NGO-delivered and community-managed water
services
The informal sector
Locally appropriate solutions to water supply
Strengthening public utilities
Water governance
Boosting local capacity and technical expertise
DFID's advisory capacity in the water sector
5 WATER
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Integrated Water Resources Management:
barriers to progress
Major infrastructure projects
Climate change and water resources management
Conflict over water resources
6 THE
INTER-SECTORAL DIMENSIONS OF SANITATION AND WATER
The interface between health, sanitation
and water
The intersection of water, sanitation, gender
and education
The links between water and agriculture
7 CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATIONS
LIST OF ACRONYMS
ANNEX 1: THE COMMITTEE'S VISIT PROGRAMME,
ETHIOPIA 1-8 FEBRUARY 2007
ANNEX 2: THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF UNPRINTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE AND
PAPERS
REPORTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE SINCE JULY 2005
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 126-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 126-II)
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