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News Aid systems thwarts MDG progress, says WaterAid

To mark the midpoint in the agreed timescale for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), WaterAid has launched a report asking donors to balance their investments more evenly across the essential services: health, education, water and sanitation. WaterAid says that progress towards meeting the MDGs is being held back because donors prefer to support 'global causes' rather than the development priorities of recipient countries. “Access to clean water is usually the first priority for the
poor, but since 1990, aid spending on water has remained stagnant whilst spending on health and education has doubled”, WaterAid adds.

Contact information Charlotte Godber, WaterAid, UK (email: charlottegodber@wateraid.org)
News type Inbrief
File link http://www.wateraid.org/documents/global_cause_and_effect___mdg_midway_paper.pdf
Source of information WaterAid
Keyword(s) MDGs, UNEP-MAP
Subject(s) FINANCE-ECONOMY , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Relation http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/map/MSSD/doc343246
Geographical coverage International
News date 03/08/2007
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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