Global water: issues and insights
This book discusses key academic research and issues in water management and policy. Coverage of a wide range of specific issues and its accessible style make it an excellent textbook for introductory
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A combined effort towards safe potable water
IN countries like India where universal access to safe drinking-water at an acceptable level of service has not been achieved, the country's national drinking water policy should refer to "expressed targets for increasing access', according to the World Health Organisation's Guidelines for Drinking Water Safety. Such policy statements should be consistent with achievement of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations (UN) Millennium Declaration.
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Fight against poverty slow in South Asia: UN report
Alleviation of poverty in South Asia was much slower compared to other regions of the world between 1999 and 2005. The progress made is also under threat of global economic contraction and lost jobs, says the annual UN report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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World development indicators 2011
<p>This report presents an integrated view of development through indicators, including data on environmental hazards, natural or human-made disasters and climate change, with the goal of putting these data in the hands of policymakers, development specialists, students, and the public in a way that makes the data easy to use.
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0.1m people die annually due to poor water, sanitation in Pakistan
Pakistan’s under Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)) is committed to supply 93 percent of the population of the country with safe water and 64 percent of the population with adequate sanitation by year
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Framework for the future: ending poverty in a generation
In 2015, world leaders will gather at the UN General Assembly to agree on a new framework that has the potential to shift the course of global development; a framework that could end extreme poverty within
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The chronic poverty report 2014-2015: the road to zero extreme poverty
The world is on the cusp of agreeing new global goals to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as we approach the 2015 deadline for their achievement. While the MDGs have certainly fuelled progress
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Introducing GoAL WaSH
programme that aims to accelerate achievement of the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through strategically targeted interventions that strengthen governance of the water and sanitation sectors at appropriate levels.
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India’s fifth national report to the Convention on Biological Diversity 2014
India has made sustained efforts in fulfilling commitments towards conservation of biodiversity, its sustainable use and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of biodiversity
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Ending extreme poverty and sharing prosperity: progress and policies
The number of people living in extreme poverty around the world is likely to fall to under 10 percent of the global population in 2015, according to World Bank projections released, giving fresh evidence
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Neonatal, maternal mortality rates still high Says Unicef Country Report 2009
Although the country has made significant progress in reducing under-five child mortality, the rates of neonatal and maternal mortality still remain high, creating obstacle to achieving the target of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) four and five by 2015.
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Making adaptation count: concepts and options for monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation
The impacts of climate change increasingly threaten the achievement of poverty reduction and other development objectives, including the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Research suggests that
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Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis
With 4 years until 2015, it is essential to monitor progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Although estimates of maternal and child mortality were published in 2010, an update of
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MDG Gap Task Force Report 2015: taking stock of the global partnership for development
<p>The 2015 Report continues to monitor the five core domains of the Global Partnership for Development, namely, official development assistance (ODA), market access (trade), debt sustainability, access
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Under-five mortality drops in last two decades
The under-five mortality rate dropped globally by more than one-third, from 88 deaths per 1,000 live births to 57, reported United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) and World Health
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More action needed to achieve MDG on newborn mortality, study says
Newborn mortality rate declined from 57 to 30 per 1000 births in Bangladesh during 1990 to 2009, said a study. The report of the study conducted by World Health Organisation, Save the Children and London
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World Bank report on women's health
In a highly commendable initiative, the World Bank will shortly launch its report on poor women's health in South Asia as part of a wider effort to help the regional countries meet the gender and health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set by the United Nations.
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Child mortality rate per annum down by 5 Pc in Bangladesh
Child mortality rate in Bangladesh fell by an average 5.3 percent annually from 1993 to 2007 by providing excess care to the health of poor mothers. During the period the country also achieved success
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Compendium Of Environment Statistics India 2013
<p>This Compendium of Environment Statistics 2013 published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is the fourteenth edition of its series and covers five core parameters - biodiversity, atmosphere, land/soil, water and human settlements.</p>
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Health survey reveals the best and the worst
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> Six districts have reduced infant mortality rate to 28, which is the UN target to be achieved by 2015</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: