Investing in Water Services Infrastructure Policies and Management

Water, a basic necessity for sustaining life, goes undelivered to many of the world’s poor. Nearly 1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water; 2.6 billion lack access to improved sanitation services; and 1.4 million children under 5 die every year as a result of lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation services. At the current rate of investment progress, the Millennium Development Goal for sanitation will be missed by 1 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.