How IWRM will Contribute to Achieving the MDGs, No. 4 (2006)

This brief outlines why water is important to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how it should be managed to this end. It explains why IWRM has been adopted by the international community and how it can contribute to meeting the MDGs. However an IWRM approach will support not just achievement of the MDGs but also the long-term economic development, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability that will be needed to sustain that achievement.