- Report was released at 10th World Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia.
- World Bank defines Shared prosperity as boosting prosperity, particularly for poorest, to achieve more equitable societies.
Key Findings
- Four interconnected building blocks of prosperity: Health and Education (human capital), Jobs and Income, Peace and Social cohesion (social capital), and Environment (natural capital).
- Population growth, urbanization, and climate change are causing disparity in global water access.
- In 2022, 197 million people lacked safe drinking water, and 211 million lacked basic sanitation.
- Globally, about 450 million people live in high-poverty and low-water-access hotspots.
- In low-income countries, access to water services is available in less than half of schools.
- Inadequate and unsafe water affects early childhood development.
- Climate change leads to extreme weather events like floods, droughts, further disrupting children’s learning leading to school dropouts, damaging crops, increasing conflicts etc.
Recommendations for inclusive water security
- Improve resilience to extreme hydro-climatic risks by setting up early warning systems.
- Improve water resources development and allocation by integrating nature-based solutions and adopt water accounting method.
- Safely managed water supply and sanitation by reforming water information systems to target pro-poor.
World Water Forum
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