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Mike Muller

Mike Muller, a civil engineer by training, was director-general of water affairs and forestry (1997-2005). He is now a visiting research fellow at the graduate school of public and development management at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Recent articles


The world’s water future

The problems of water management are at the heart of an integrated crisis of global development that includes climate change and food insecurity, says Mike Muller.

A global thirst: water, power and the poor

The United Nations Human Development Report is a vital resource. But the currently fashionable language of human rights and decentralisation can be an obstacle to development, says Mike Muller.