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Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T15:50:03Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T15:50:03Z
dc.date.issued2009-06
dc.description.abstractMost of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face full-blown crises, and the situation is likely to get even worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability will be cut in half by 2050, with serious consequences for aquifers and natural hydrological systems. Demand for water supplies and irrigation services will change as economies grow and populations increase, with an attendant need to address industrial and urban pollution. Some 60 percent of the region's water flows across international borders, further complicating the resource management challenge. Rainfall patterns are predicted to shift as a result of climate change. The social, economic, and budgetary consequences of these challenges are enormous. The supply of drinking water could become more erratic, necessitating greater reliance on expensive desalination technologies, and increasing drought would require emergency supplies brought by tanker or barge. Service outages would put stress on expensive network and distribution infrastructure. Unreliable sources of irrigation water would depress farmer incomes, economic and physical dislocation would increase with the depletion of aquifers and unreliability of supplies, and local conflicts could intensify. All of this would have short- and long-term effects on economic growth and poverty, exacerbate social tensions within and between communities, and put increasing pressure on public budgets.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626480/making-most-scarcity-accountability-better-water-management-middle-east-north-africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/11721
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/11721
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWater P-Notes; No. 40
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectALLOCATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectAQUIFERS
dc.subjectAUGMENTATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectDECISION MAKERS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKERS NEED
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR WATER
dc.subjectDEMAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectDESALINATION
dc.subjectDRAINAGE
dc.subjectDRAINAGE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectENGINEERING
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
dc.subjectEQUITABLE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectFRESHWATER
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL WATER
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION WATER
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLARGE WATER RESOURCE
dc.subjectPIPED WATER
dc.subjectPOLITICS OF WATER
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPRESSURE
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPROVISION OF WATER
dc.subjectPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRAINFALL PATTERNS
dc.subjectRENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSANITATION SERVICES
dc.subjectSCARCITY OF WATER
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVISION
dc.subjectSTAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
dc.subjectTARIFF REFORM
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectUTILITIES
dc.subjectWATER ALLOCATIONS
dc.subjectWATER AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectWATER CYCLE
dc.subjectWATER DEMAND
dc.subjectWATER DISTRICTS
dc.subjectWATER FLOWS
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER NEED
dc.subjectWATER NEEDS
dc.subjectWATER POLICIES
dc.subjectWATER POLICY
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCE
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER SCARCITY
dc.subjectWATER SECTOR
dc.subjectWATER SERVICE
dc.subjectWATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectWATER SERVICES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLIES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY SERVICES
dc.subjectWATER SYSTEM
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.subjectWATER USES
dc.titleMaking the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africaen
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okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:37:36.727522Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626480/making-most-scarcity-accountability-better-water-management-middle-east-north-africa
okr.globalpracticeWater
okr.guid101281468278679639
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333038_20090603025502
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum10626480
okr.identifier.report48728
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Systems
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicWater Resources::Water and Industry
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Conservation
okr.unitWater Unit (ETWWA)
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