Most Vulnerable and Poor Paying More Than Rich for Clean Water
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UNESCO Report Shows World's Most Vulnerable and Poor Paying More Than Rich for Clean Water
Ensuring broader access to drinking water and sanitation services requires "more holistic, integrated, and people-centered approaches to water resource management and environmental policy-making."
by: Jessica Corbett
The 2019 edition of the World Water Development Report, entitled Leaving No One Behind, was published Tuesday by UNESCO. (Graphic: UNESCO)
Globally, those who are poor or marginalized because of their identities pay far more than the rich to acquire clean water.
That's according to the new World Water Development Report (WWDR 2019), which is published annually by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's World Water Asse...