The CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development and USAID’s Event on Water: Access, Livelihoods, and Security
Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Prosperity and Development, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for an in-person discussion that will serve as the culmination of a series of roundtables centered around water access and security.
Around 26 percent of the global population lacks access to clean drinking water and around 30 percent of people lack access to water for basic sanitation. Climate change has caused major damage to sanitation infrastructure in many places. Inequities in people’s socio-economic status further exacerbate access to clean water. Marginalized groups, such as religious minorities, migrants, and especially women, have lesser access to proper sanitation and clean water. There is also a dire lack of good water governance that has resulted in limited spending on water-related issues. A lack of clean water access not only poses a major humanitarian issue but also becomes an international security concern by exacerbating conflict through its impact on economic growth and migration.
Speakers
Richard Crespin; Senior Associate (Non-resident), Project on Prosperity and Development
Nancy J. Eslick; Global Water Coordinator and Senior Deputy Assistant to the Administrator, USAID
Monica Ellis; Chief Executive Officer, Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF)
Nabil Chemaly; Senior Program Officer, Safe Water, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation