Sustainable Development of the Ganges Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins (UNU Series on Water Resources Management and Policy)
By Unknown Author.
Description
The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin contains the largest number of the world's poor in any one region. The population is increasing steadily, and unless the current development trends are broken, poverty will become even more pervasive. The region is endowed with considerable natural resources that could be used to foster sustainable economic development. Water could be successfully used as the engine to promote economic development of the region, which has been hindered because the most populous part of the basin is shared by three countries: Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, who have in ...
ISBN(s)
9280810413, 9789280810417
