UP FOR DEBATE: Getting to Full Water and Sanitation Coverage | Skoll World Forum, Sept 4, 2013
At an April press conference, the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, held up a handwritten number and announced, “2030. This is it. This is the global target to end poverty.” That historic moment also served to underscore some of the dilemmas actors in the WASH sector grapple with. How do we establish audacious, yet realistic goals? How do we announce an ambitious goal, such as full water and sanitation coverage in a number of countries, and have confidence that we have a reasonable chance of achieving it? This week is World Water Week, and in partnership with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, we asked some of the world’s water experts exactly these questions. 
- Financial Innovation Essential to Tackling Safe Water and Sanitation Crisis, GARY WHITE, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, WATER.ORG
- An Opportunity for Transformative Change: Aligning Water Services with People’s Needs, MARY RENWICK, SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, WINROCK INTERNATIONAL
- How to Get to Full Water and Sanitation Coverage, EDUARDO A. PEREZ, LEAD SANITATION SPECIALIST AND GLOBAL PRACTICE LEADER, WORLD BANK WATER AND SANITATION PROGRAM
- And others
