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Water management, institutions and capacity development

As described throughout the preceding chapters (1–4), water is central to all aspects of development, underpinning every social and economic sector. How humans manage water is therefore vital to the growth and prosperity of communities and societies. Yet the term ‘water management’ is often used (and misunderstood) with many meanings ascribed to it, even among experts within the water community. But what does the term really mean? Protecting and managing the natural resource? Providing water-related services? Meeting allocation and entitlement agreements and distributing (sometimes limited) supplies across a broad range of complex, interlinked uses with increasingly uncertain demands? The short answer is all of the above – and more.

Sustainable Development Goals:
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