...The priority actions suggested by the Millennium Development Goals and the World Summit onSustainable Development to enhance access to safe water supply and basic sanitation pose newchallenges to the sector, and provide new opportunities to make significant progress on povertyreduction. While additional financial resources will help to meet these challenges, infrastructureinvestments alone do not ensure sustainability, efficient use of existing resources, community andprivate sector participation, better and sustained access to services, and increased coverage for all.To ensure progress, we must put in place appropriate and effective financing mechanisms thatleverage the needed change, promote and support sector reforms that yield effective institutionalframeworks, guarantee appropriate use of limited public resources, and encourage well-targetedsubsidies to achieve equity

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