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

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T15:50:03Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T15:50:03Z
dc.date.issued 2009-06
dc.description.abstract Most 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.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626480/making-most-scarcity-accountability-better-water-management-middle-east-north-africa
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11721
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Water P-Notes; No. 40
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ALLOCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject AQUIFERS
dc.subject AUGMENTATION
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject DECISION MAKERS
dc.subject DECISION MAKERS NEED
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DEMAND FOR WATER
dc.subject DEMAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subject DESALINATION
dc.subject DRAINAGE
dc.subject DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
dc.subject DRINKING WATER
dc.subject DROUGHT
dc.subject ENGINEERING
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
dc.subject EQUITABLE ALLOCATION
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FLOODS
dc.subject FRESHWATER
dc.subject GROUNDWATER
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject INDUSTRIAL WATER
dc.subject IRRIGATION
dc.subject IRRIGATION WATER
dc.subject LAND USE
dc.subject LARGE WATER RESOURCE
dc.subject PIPED WATER
dc.subject POLITICS OF WATER
dc.subject POLLUTION
dc.subject PRESSURE
dc.subject PROGRAMS
dc.subject PROVISION OF WATER
dc.subject PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject RAINFALL
dc.subject RAINFALL PATTERNS
dc.subject RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject RIVER BASIN
dc.subject RIVERS
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject SANITATION SERVICES
dc.subject SCARCITY OF WATER
dc.subject SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
dc.subject TARIFF REFORM
dc.subject TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject UTILITIES
dc.subject WATER ALLOCATIONS
dc.subject WATER AVAILABILITY
dc.subject WATER CYCLE
dc.subject WATER DEMAND
dc.subject WATER DISTRICTS
dc.subject WATER FLOWS
dc.subject WATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject WATER NEED
dc.subject WATER NEEDS
dc.subject WATER POLICIES
dc.subject WATER POLICY
dc.subject WATER QUALITY
dc.subject WATER RESOURCE
dc.subject WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject WATER SCARCITY
dc.subject WATER SECTOR
dc.subject WATER SERVICE
dc.subject WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject WATER SERVICES
dc.subject WATER SUPPLIES
dc.subject WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
dc.subject WATER SYSTEM
dc.subject WATER USE
dc.subject WATER USES
dc.title Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626480/making-most-scarcity-accountability-better-water-management-middle-east-north-africa
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333038_20090603025502
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 10626480
okr.identifier.report 48728
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Middle East and North Africa
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Water Supply and Systems
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic Water Resources :: Water and Industry
okr.topic Water Resources :: Water Conservation
okr.unit Water Unit (ETWWA)
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