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The ink isn't yet dry on eurozone's latest so-called comprehensive plan and already it is looking extremely shaky.

The latest upset is the decision by the Greek government to put the latest rescue package to a referendum.

Opinion polls show that a majority of Greek voters object to the fresh austerity measures in the deal, but a rejection by the Greek people could prompt the disaster scenario eurozone leaders have been trying to avoid - a full-scale disorderly default.

So how did Greece manage to get itself into such a terrible mess in the first place? The 大象传媒's Business Editor Robert Peston explains how whole countries can go bust and Justin Rowlatt interviews Andrew Walker, the 大象传媒's Economics Correspondent about why Prime Minister Papandreou has decided to put the latest austerity measures to the people.

Then we have the shocking story of the world community's failure to address the problem of improving sanitation for the world's poorest people.

It seems like an eternity ago now, but to mark the passing of the millennium there was the great gathering of word leaders. The summit was attended by 189 world leaders - the largest meeting of leaders in history - and, to mark this august occasion, the leaders promised to work together to improve the social and economic conditions of the poorest people on earth.

The leaders signed up to a series of eight Millennium Development Goals. Two of the most important concern the most basic of human needs - water and sanitation. The objective was to halve by 2015 the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.

So, with just three more years before the deadline is up, Business Daily decided to find out how well the world is getting on. Justin Rowlatt interviews Dr Zafar Adeel, the chair of UN Water and discovers the world's woeful progress in this area.

Dr Adeel cites Madagascar as the example of best practice on improving sanitation around the world.

But Justin Rowlatt interviews Dr Alain Randriamaherisoa the Director General of Madagascar's Ministry of Water, who says his country is actually doing very badly on achieving the UN Millennium Goal on sanitation.

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