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UN PUBLICATIONSJanuary 2011Africa's Water and Sanitation Infrastructure. Access, Affordability and Alternatives  This publication integrates a wealth of primary and secondary information to present a quantitative snapshot of the state of the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sectors in Africa. It explains the sectoral institutional structures and utility performance and articulates the volume and quality of financing available over time. The authors also evaluate the challenges to the WSS sectors and explore the factors that govern the expansion of coverage over time. Finally, the authors estimate spending needs for WSS, arriving at a funding gap for meeting the MDGs. The proposed directions for the future draw on lessons learned from best practices and present the menu of choices available to African countries, bearing in mind that the challenges differ to a significant extent among countries and solutions must be tailored to national or regional conditions.
Towards Drinking Water Security in India. Lessons from the Field  This document presents a compendium of rural water good practices from India which have improved drinking-water security. The document introduces successful experiences in different domains, including the following: Practices which have contributed to an improved water supply service; Multi-village scheme innovations; Practices which have improved water quality; Practices which have improved water sources sustainability; Practices related to wastewater management; Experiences in communication; and, State level reforms.
Water Issues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Challenges and Opportunities  This report highlights the need for a better understanding of the critical role of ecosystem services in securing national and MDG targets of providing people with safe and sustainable sources of water. The study focuses on the key challenges in the water sector, which in the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are strongly centred on drinking water supply. This technical report comprises an integral part of the broader United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) post-conflict environmental assessment (PCEA) of the DRC. The UNEP PCEA aims to evaluate the key environmental problems and threats facing the DRC and propose strategic options and practical recommendations to address them in the short term.
(The) State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010  The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture presents a world review of fisheries, aquaculture (including freshwater aquaculture) and related issues. It provides trends and statistics, highlights issues debated worldwide and profiles future scenarios.
(The) Hard Way to the High Road. Transition of Community-based Water Groups to Professional Service Providers in Indonesia  This document introduces the project, "Upgrading Community-based Piped Water Services with Private Sector Support", which is led by the Ministry of Public Works of Indonesia and jointly supported by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank and the Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative (Indii), an Australian Government-funded project. The project has been supporting the construction of village water infrastructure to be managed by users through community-based water organizations (CBOs) and provides information about the current situation, some lessons learned and recommendations.
Advancing adaptation through climate information services. Results of a global survey on the information requirements of the financial sector  The aim of this study and its underlying survey is to determine, when it comes to the issue of a changing climate, what the types of information input are that financial institutions require to put their risk management expertise at the service of broader adaptation and to provide a first assessment of the current provision to the sector with such information. The first part of the survey examined the extent to which financial service providers feel they are affected by the direct risks and physical impacts of climate change today, and how they expect that exposure to develop in the future. An investigation of the information needs of international financial service providers was conducted in the second part of the survey. The report concludes by raising some of the key issues in developing improved information systems.
(The) IBNET Water Supply and Sanitation Performance Blue Book. The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities Databook  The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities (IBNET) provides a set of tools that allows water and sanitation utilities to measure their performance both against their own past performance and against the performance of similar utilities at the national, regional, and global levels. IBNET collects, analyzes, and provides access to information of more than 2,500 water and wastewater services providers from 110 countries around the world. The IBNET Water Supply and Sanitation Performance Blue Book is designed to raise awareness of how benchmarking and specifically IBNET tools can help enhance utility performance and thereby help to improve urban water and wastewater services.
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