Policy coordination refers to voluntary and largely unenforceable alignments of national policies and measures in particular fields. Policy harmonisation refers to agreement on the manner in which each Member State will exercise or use a particular instrument over which it retains control. Poverty is the situation facing those in society whose material needs are least satisfied. Inability to afford an adequate standard of consumption because of low income is referred to as income poverty. If, apart from low income, a country is characterised by malnutrition, poor health, low survival rates, low literacy levels, inadequate housing and living conditions, etc., then there is human poverty. Privatisation is the sale of public assets to individuals or private business interests. Protocol means an instrument of implementation of the SADC Treaty, having the same legal force as the Treaty. Region means the SADC region and not any geographic or jurisdictional area at country level River Basin means an area drained by a system of surface and ground waters consisting by virtue of their physical relationship a unitary whole normally flowing into a common terminus such as the sea, lake or aquifer SADC Common Agenda means the set of fundamental principles and values, referred to in Article 5A of the SADC Treaty that will guide the integration agenda of the organisation. Secretariat means the Secretariat of SADC established by Article 9 of the Treaty. Shared watercourse means a watercourse passing through or forming the border between two or more States. Social good means water as a commodity to which social value is attached, arising from the fact that water is an essential building block for life. Sustainable development is a pattern of development that permits future generations to live at least as well as the current generation. Sustainable use means use in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of natural resources. Watercourse means a system of surface and ground waters consisting - by virtue of their physical relationship - a unitary whole normally flowing into a common terminus such as the sea, lake or aquifer Water Demand Management means the use of price, quantitative restrictions and other devices (e.g., leakage detection and control) to control the demand for water. - 59 -