Water for Poor Women
Subtitle: Quest for an Alternative Paradigm
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780739175279
Subjects: Water resources development; Women, bangladesh; Women in development; Women, philippines
Description: "Ahmed examines the state-led and Public Private Participation (PPP) governance systems located in two developing metropolises : Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Manila, the Philippines. This crucial investigation reveals that poor women have very limited ability to access water under the state-led governance system in Dhaka but comparatively more ability to access water resources under the PPP governance in Manila. However, women are excluded from the decision-making process under both types of governance systems. Water for poor women proposes an alternative system for ensuring women's participation in the governance processes to promote more equitable distribution of urban water"--Cover.