Summary : Contents: (1) NGO intermediation: A model for securing access to water for the urban poor; (2) Strengthening the demand-responsive approach: Learning from program experience in Niassa Province, Mozambique; (3) Coastal zone policies and livelihoods in Bangladesh; (4) Gender and economic benefits from domestic water supply in semiarid areas: A case study in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, Western India; (5) Agricultural water and poverty linkages: Case studies on large and small systems; (6) Integrated management of water, forest, and land resources in Nepal: Opportunities for improved livelihood; (7) Water and poverty: A case of watershed development in Andhra Pradesh, India; (8) Microirrigation for income generation in Asia; (9) The Soozhal initiative: A model for achieving total sanitation in low-income rural areas; (10) Mountain-river-lake integrated water resources development program, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China; (11) Allocating water for home-based productive activities in Bushbuckridge, South Africa