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1、NotanofficialUNdocument.Forinformationpurposesonly.WorldUNITEDNATIONSChroniclePROGRAMME:No.973recorded19April2005GUEST:JamalSaghir,DirectorEnergyandWaterDepartment,WorldBankJOURNALISTS:ThalifDeen,InterPressServiceRobertLamb,EarthReportMODERATOR:MaryAliceWilliamsWater,Economics
2、andtheEnvironmentMorethanonebillionpeoplelivingontheearthtodayhavenoaccesstosafedrinkingwater,andmanymorelackeventhemostbasicsanitation.TheUN'sMillenniumDevelopmentGoalsarechallengingpolicy-makerstoimproveonthiscatastrophicsituation.Butwhowillpayforsafewaterandsanitationservic
3、es–andwhatshouldbetheroleoftheprivatesector?Whataretheeconomicandenvironmentalimplicationsofdoingnothing?WhatsolutionstothewatercrisisareadvocatedbytheWorldBank?ThesearesomeoftheissuesdiscussedinthisepisodeofWorldChroniclewithJamalSaghir,DirectoroftheEnergyandWaterDepartmentat
4、theWorldBank.WORLDCHRONICLEisproducedbytheNews&MediaDivision,DepartmentofPublicInformation,UnitedNations,NewYork,NY10017,U.S.A.Duration:28:00"ExecutiveProducer:MicheleZaccheoDirector:TonyMarshallProductionAssistant:SheilaPoinesetteANNOUNCER:FromtheUnitedNationsinNewYork,anuned
5、itedinterviewprogrammeonglobalissues.ThisisWorldChronicle.Andhereisthehostoftoday’sWorldChronicle.Page2WILLIAMS:Hello,I’mMaryAliceWilliams.Nothingismorefundamentaltolifethanwater.Yetmorethanonebillionpeopleonearthtodayhavenoaccesstosafewaterfordrinking–andmanymorearedeniedprop
6、ersanitation.Whatpolicies–whatinvestments–areneededtomeettheworld’sdemandforasafe,reliableandsustainablesupplyofwater?Willgoodwatermanagementhelppoorcountriesprosper?Thesearejustsomeofthequestionswe’llbeexploringtodaywiththeDirectorofEnergyandWaterattheWorldBank,JamalSaghir.We
7、lcometoWorldChronicle,thankyouforbeingwithus.Somepeoplewouldarguethathistorically,societieswho’vemanagedtheirwatersupplies,whobuilttheirdrainagesystemsanddeliveredcleanwater,aretheonesthathaveprospered.Howmuchtruthisthereinthat?SAGHIR:Ithinkyourstatementisabsolutelytrue.Whatwe
8、haveseenduringhistory,evenfromearlierdays-isthatthosecountrie
