Achieving the MDGs of Water and Sanitation in Sub ... - UNU-IAS
Achieving the MDGs of Water and Sanitation in Sub ... - UNU-IAS
Achieving the MDGs of Water and Sanitation in Sub ... - UNU-IAS
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Why <strong>Sub</strong>-Saharan Saharan Africa <strong>and</strong> not Africa?<br />
-Physical water-scarcity: North-Africa does not have<br />
enough available water to produce enough food.<br />
Virtual water as a solution<br />
-Economic water-scarcity: <strong>Sub</strong>-Saharan Africa has<br />
enough primary sources <strong>of</strong> water, but lack<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructures <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>stitutions to make use <strong>of</strong> it.<br />
-<strong>Sub</strong>-Saharan Africa has <strong>the</strong> lowest dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g water <strong>and</strong><br />
sanitation coverage <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> world. One <strong>in</strong> two people<br />
has no easy access to dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g water <strong>and</strong> two out <strong>of</strong><br />
three to proper sanitation facilities (OECD, 2007)<br />
-Exception made <strong>of</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Africa, Mauritius <strong>and</strong><br />
South Africa. Ug<strong>and</strong>a has tripled <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> people<br />
with access to dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g water between 1990 <strong>and</strong> 2006,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Tanzania has ensured that 90 per cent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
population have access to some form <strong>of</strong> sanitation<br />
Albert Djemetio <strong>Water</strong> Sem<strong>in</strong>ar, <strong>UNU</strong>-<strong>IAS</strong>, March 10, 2009<br />
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