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The United Nations World Water Development Reports: A Comparison and Contrasts of 2016 and 2017 Reports

Deep Jyoti Francis1★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Center for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA.

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Deep Jyoti Francis

Center for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA.

deep.francis@yahoo.com

Received: 19-11-2017; Revised: 21-11-2017; Accepted: 26-11-2017.

Volume 6, Issue 3 · pp. 209–211 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.6.3.30

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The UN 2030 sustainable development agenda places a huge emphasis on promoting economic growth by catering to social needs ranging from education, health, social protection, and job opportunities while tackling climate change and environmental protection. UN publishes thematic reports, the World water development report (WWDR) which focus on different strategic water issues to facilitate decision making for sustainable development. This article is a comparative review of UN-WWDR 2016 which focuses on water and job creation with UN-WWDR 2017 which elucidates on the potential of wastewater.

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      Francis, D. J. (). The United Nations World Water Development Reports: A Comparison and Contrasts of 2016 and 2017 Reports. Journal of Scientometric Research, 6(3), 209–211. https://doi.org/10.5530/jscires.6.3.30