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Buy me an ocean: why we need payments for coastal and marine environments
Essam Yassin Mohammed
7 June 2012
Clean drinking water is about people, not pipes
Jamie Skinner
15 March 2012
Is this a climate change issue or a human rights issue?
Guest Author
29 March 2011
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Five ways to bring benefits from large dams to local communities
23 November 2011
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Niger: Tough questions posed by the Kandadji dam development
A new dam in Niger could generate electricity, create thousands of hectares of irrigated land and guarantee drinking water. But making sure the dam benefits everyone is a complicated business.
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Global water initiative
One billion people lack access to improved water sources, and more than 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation. We coordinate the Global Water Initiative in five countries in West Africa to address the challenges of providing long-term access to clean water and sanitation and the protection of ecosystem services and watersheds.
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Dam powers local development
Human Settlements Publications Catalogue 2012
Tales of Shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa/Si la merde m’était contée : l’Assainissement total piloté par la communauté en Afrique (English/French DVD-ROM)
SHARE Urban Sanitation Pathfinder
Urban wells: a vital but ignored resource
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Economics of climate change adaptation in the water sector
Business models for sustainable development
Video: Water was a Dream
Water and Sanitation
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