<p> <br/> <br/>Health, Dignity, and Development: What Will It Take?</p><p>Copyright &copy;2005, Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI, and<br/>United Nations Millennium Project, New York, New York</p><p>Contents<br/>Preface .........................................................................7<br/>What’s new about this report? ..................................................8<br/>Defi nitions ....................................................................9<br/>Acknowledgements .............................................................. 10<br/>Executive summary ............................................................. 11<br/>1. Water is life .............................................................. 13<br/>Why focus on water supply and sanitation? ..................................... 14<br/>Why do water resources management and development matter? ..................... 17<br/>2. Achieving the Millennium Development target for water supply and sanitation . 21<br/>Who are the unserved? ......................................................... 21<br/>Where are the needs greatest? ..................................................22<br/>What’s holding us back? .......................................................25<br/>The special case of sanitation ................................................ 32<br/>3. Optimizing water resources for the Millennium Development Goals ............ 37<br/>What actions are needed? .......................................................38<br/>Investing in water resources development and management ........................40<br/>Adopting integrated water resources management ................................ 41<br/>Global institutional mechanisms for supporting water and sanitation ........... 42<br/>4. The way forward .............................................................45<br/>A call to action ...............................................................45<br/>Ten critical actions ...........................................................47<br/>An operational plan ........................................................... 52<br/>References .....................................................................59<br/></p>