As the MDGs are aimed at the mitigation of POVERTY, WATER must play a critical role in the achievement of the MDGs. In order to gain a clearer picture of this widely acknowledged assumption, an assessment was conducted to measure the degree to which the solution to water-related problems impacts positively on the achievement of the overall MDGs. The results of the assessment were presented by Board Chairman and Japan Water Forum President, Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, at the 3rd Meeting of the Board in Rome as a foundation for future discussion.

1. Total Contribution of
Water
Goal 1
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Outbreak of
# Halve, between 1990 and 2015,
the proportion of people whose
poverty and hunger Outbreak of poverty 27 % 9.3 % 12.3 %
income is less than $1 a day
# Halve, between 1990 and 2015,
Proportion of people in
poverty 21%（2001）
Proportion of people in
Outbreak of hunger 36 % 7.8 % 14 % 12.4 %
the proportion of people who
hunger 17%（2001）
suffer from hunger
Goal 2
Achieve universal primary education
Insufficient
diffusion of primary
No chance to be educated because
of illness or injury 38 % 13.9 % 7.2 % 14.9 %
# Ensure that, by 2015, children
education No time to go to school 33 % 33.3 %
everywhere, boys and girls alike,
will be able to complete a full
course of primary schooling
School enrolment ratio
83% (2001/02) No chance to be educated 13 % 8.3 %
Goal 3
Promote gender equality and empower
women
Gender disparity Less education of girls 14 % 11.5 %
Girls school enrolment
ratios in relation to boys
# Eliminate gender disparity in
primary and secondary education,
preferably by 2005, and in all
Primary 92% (2001/02)
Junior&High 89% (2001/02)
Obstacles special to women for
receiving education 25 % 25.0 %
levels of education no later than
2015
Goal 4
Get ill 30 % 18.4 %
Reduce child moｒtality Deaths of many
children
Get injured 33 % 33.3 %
# Reduce by two-thirds, between
1990 and 2015, the under-five
mortality rate
Under-five mortality rate
8.8% (2003)
Undernourishment 20 % 10.0 %
Insufficient medical treatment 30 % 20.0 % 10.0 %

2. Goal 5
Improve maternal health
# Reduce by three-quarters,
Deaths of many
pregnant/
Unsafe childbirth 38 % 25.0 % 12.5 %
between 1990 and 2015, parturient women
the maternal mortality ratio Number of deaths at birth
450 in 10 million (2000)
Poor maternal health 51 % 17.7 % 24.1 % 8.1 %
Goal 6
Combat HIV／AIDS, malaria and other
diseases
Prevalence of
diseases
Less resistance against diseases 32 % 18.4 % 8.0 %
# Have halted by 2015 and HIV：4.9 million
Malaria：350∼500 million
19 %
begun to reverse the spread
of HIV/AIDS （2004） Prolonged diseases 12.5 % 6.3 %
# Have halted by 2015 and begun
to reverse the incidence of malaria
and other major diseases
Goal 7
Ensure environmental sustainability Deforestation
Drinking water
# Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country
policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental
coverage
77%(1990), 83%(2002) No basic sanitary facilities 100 % 100 %
100 %
resources
# Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people Sanitation No safe water to drink 100 %
without sustainable access to safe drinking
water and sanitation coverage
# By 2020, to have achieved a significant 49%(1990), 58%(2002)
No choice but to live in the slums
improvement in the lives of at least 100
million slum dwellers
Unfair trading systems
Goal 8 High tariffs/taxes on goods
Develop a Global Partnership for Unsustainable
Development growth and Insufficient development aid
# Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable,
development
Heavy burden of external debt
non-discriminatory trading and financial system of developing
# Address the Special Needs of the Least Developed
Countries
countries Unrest due to youth employment
# Address the Special Needs of landlocked counties
and small island developing States High cost of medicines
・・・
Digital divide

3. Millennium Development Goals
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger No water treatment
◎Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion HIV No water treatment
of people whose income is less than
one dollar a day Diarrhea
Drinking contaminated
water
◎Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the
proportion of people who suffer
from hunger No water treatment
No water treatment
Washing hands in dirty water
Unable to work due
to disease or injury Washing dishes in dirty water
Insufficient agricultural
production No water
Unable to work
No time to work Caring ill family
Causes for poverty and hunger
Malaria No water
Takes time to
draw water
No water
Insufficient agricultural
Poverty Malnutrition production
No water
No water treatment
Others
No job Inability
Economic stagnation
Poor sales Nothing to sell
No market
Unable to eat
because of illness
Insufficient agricultural
production No water
No foods
Hunger
No water

4. Millennium Development Goals
No water treatment
Achieve universal primary education HIV No water treatment
◎Ensure that, by 2015, children Drinking contaminated
Diarrhea
everywhere, boys and girls alike, water
will be able to complete a full course
of primary schooling No water treatment
No water treatment
Washing hands in dirty water
Washing dishes in dirty water
Causes for insufficient diffusion of primary education
Insufficient agricultural
No water
No chance to be educated production
because of illness or injury Disease
Malaria No water
No water
Insufficient agricultural
Malnutrition production
No water
No water treatment
Others
Injury Hard work like carring water
Unexpected accident
Other factors
No time to go to
school Caring ill family
Taking time to
draw water No teacher
Other factors No water
No good school No toilet
No chance to be No school nearby
educated Other factors
No understanding
of parents
No money

5. Millennium Development Goals
Promote gender equality and No water treatment
HIV
empower women No water treatment
◎Eliminate gender disparity in primary Drinking contaminated
Diarrhea
and secondary education, preferably water
by 2005, and to all levels of
education no later than 2015 No water treatment
No water treatment
Washing hands in dirty water
Washing dishes in dirty water
Insufficient agricultural
No water
production
Less education of Forced to do hard work
women like carrying water
No time to go to
school Caring ill family Malaria
Cause for gender inequality
No water
Takes time to draw
water
Other factors
No chance to be
No school nearby
educated
No understanding No water
of parents
No money Insufficient agricultural
Malnutrition production
No water
No water treatment
Others
Obstacles specific to women for Insufficient public
receiving education security
No safety for women No toilet facility
Spending hours by
herself

6. Millennium Development Goals
Reduce child morｔality
◎Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990
and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
No water treatment
HIV No water treatment
Drinking contaminated
Diarrhea
water
No water treatment
No water treatment
Washing hands in dirty water
Washing dishes in dirty water
Insufficient agricultural
production No water
Causes for infant death
Disease
Malaria No water
No water
Insufficient agricultural
Malnutrition production
No water
No water treatment
Others
Hard work like
Injury
drawing water
Unexpected Accident
Other factors
No water
Insufficient agricultural
Malnutrition production
No money Located at distant place
No water
No medical facility or
hospital
No breast milk Poor maternal health No doctor
No clean water for medical
Insufficient medical No time
treatment
treatment
Unable to go to medical
No money
facility

7. No medical facility or
Located at distant place
hospital
Unsafe childbirth No obstetrician
Unable to go to medical
No time
facilities
Millennium Development Goals No clean water for
childbirth
No money
No water
Improve maternal health
Insufficient agricultural
◎Reduce by three-quarters, production
between 1990 and 2015,
the maternal mortality ratio
No water
Malnutrition
Insufficient rest Takes time to draw No nearby site to draw water
water
No water treatment Enforced to do
hard work
Illness before pregnancy Living in unsanitary
(including HIV) water environment
No medical facility or
hospital Located at distant place
No doctor
Causes for maternal death
Unable to go to medical
No time
facilities
No clean water for
Poor maternal health No money
medical treatment
No water treatment
No water treatment
Drinking contaminated
Diarrhea
water
Less resistance in No water treatment
pregnancy No water treatment
Washing hands in dirty water
Washing dishes in dirty water
Insufficient agricultural
No water
production
Malaria No water
No water
Insufficient agricultural
Malnutrition production
No water
No water treatment
Others

8. Millennium Development Goals
No water treatment No water treatment
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria
and other diseases HIV
◎Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse
Drinking contaminated
the spread of HIV/AIDS Diarrhea
water
◎Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse
the incidence of malaria No water treatment
and other major diseases No water treatment
Washing hands in dirty water
Washing dishes in dirty water
Insufficient agricultural
production
Less resistance against
diseases
Causes for prevalent diseases
Malaria
Insufficient agricultural
Malnutrition production
No water
No water treatment
Others
Prolonged diseases No treatment No knowledge No money Located at distant place
Unable to receive No medical facility or
medical treatment hospital
No doctor
No clean water for
medical treatment