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New Report: Investing in Water and Sanitation
Produces Substantial Economic Gains
Investments in water can be an engine for accelerated economic
growth, sustainable development, improved health and reduced poverty.
Those are the main messages of a report released April 18, 2005,
by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) at the United
Nations in New York in conjunction with the 13th Meeting of the
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD).
The report, entitled "Making Water a Part of Economic Development:
The Economic Benefits of Improved Water Management and Services",
shows how investments in the water sector can generate economic
benefits that considerably outweigh costs and contribute to human
development. The report was developed jointly by SIWI and the World
Health Organization on behalf of the Governments of Norway and Sweden.
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