Catalyzing water for sustainable development and growth

The international community has invested considerably in discussing and defining the global development agenda after 2015, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will reach their maturity date. The underlying debate was kicked off in earnest at Rio, where the world leaders gathered in June 2012 to inter alia discuss the outlines and framework of that development agenda. The outcome of the dialogue at Rio, encapsulated in the document "The Future We Want," included elements of social development, environmental integrity and economic growth. Water, as both a resource and a human right, figured centrally in this document. This report is an independent evidence-based analysis of how water can be addressed in a developing agenda beyond 2015.