Welcome to NAIRJC APPRAISAL OF WATER RESOURCE AS A KEY ASSET IN THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA

Nisar Hussain, Malik, Ahmad Bilal, Malik, Mani Nagendra, Honorary Trapathi, Ashak Dr, Malik Hussain, Adgaonkar Ganesh, Somanath Reddy, R Sharma, R Pandday (+27 others)
2016 North Asian International research Journal consortium www.nairjc.comnairjc.com North Asian International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary   unpublished
Water has no foe but a friend to all: in households, agriculture and industrial activities. Water is not only important to our health but to the development of the economy and ecosystems. In spite of these facts about water, this resource continues to be a scarce commodity in Africa and other developing countries. The paper aimed at comparing the schematic links between water and other components of poverty and/or development such as GDP, HDI, and life expectancy in selected African countries.
more » ... n order to reach the objectives of this study, salient questions were applied. For instance,(i) Are there significant relationships between water, access to safe-drinking water and change in eco-socioeconomic indicators in 1985-2015? (ii) Has improvement in water sanity yielded corresponding improvement in the environment and people's livelihood? The result revealed that access to safe-drinking water has significant impact on the GDP, HDI, and life expectancy in all the countries studied. The study also revealed that sources of water withdrawal are as important as water utilizations. Current studies on the relationships between water and access to safe-drinking water and health need be investigated in the countries.
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