Recognizing that safe and adequate water supplies are an essential component of fighting poverty and disease, the ADB Water for All Publication series focuses on understanding the water issues facing poor people in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific region.
Outlining a framework for action that focuses on the poor, this study links poverty to water security and introduces interrelated issues of governance, water quality, access, capacity building and empowerment, water-related disaster prevention, and ecosystem management.
Asian Development Bank is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific.