{"id":20007126,"date":"2013-11-18T15:10:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T09:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2020-12-09T17:45:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:15:58","slug":"south-asia-water-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/water\/south-asia-water-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"South Asia Water Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southasiawaterinitiative.org\/\"> South Asia Water Initiative <\/a>(SAWI) is a multi-donor partnership between the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Bank<\/a>\u00a0and the Governments of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ausaid.gov.au\/Pages\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.regjeringen.no\/en\/dep\/ud.html?id=833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norway\u00a0<\/a>and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfid.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Kingdom<\/a>. 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