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Blue Water and the Consequences of Alternative Food Security Policies in the Middle East and North Africa for Water Security

dc.contributor.author Larson, Donald F.
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-04T18:43:17Z
dc.date.available 2013-09-04T18:43:17Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05
dc.description.abstract In the Middle East and North Africa, food security and water security are tightly entwined. In particular, choices about the extent to which food security policies rely on trade rather than domestically produced staples have stark consequences for the region's limited water resources. This paper builds on previous modeling results comparing the cost and benefits of policies to protect consumers against surging international wheat prices, and expands the analysis to consider the consequences of the policies for water resources. A self-sufficiency policy is analyzed as well. Results suggest that trade-based food security policies have no significant effect on the sustainability of water resources, while the costs of policies based on self-sufficiency for water resources are high. The analysis also shows that while information about the water footprint of alternative production systems is helpful, a corresponding economic footprint that fully measures the resource cost of water is needed to concisely rank alternative policies in economic terms that are consistent with sustainable outcomes. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17772661/
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15598
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6464
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 AGRICULTURAL WATER
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL WATER USE
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject AQUIFER
dc.subject BREAD
dc.subject CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject COST OF WATER
dc.subject CUBIC METERS
dc.subject DOMESTIC WATER
dc.subject DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMPTION
dc.subject FOOD GRAINS
dc.subject FOOD POLICIES
dc.subject FOOD POLICY
dc.subject FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject FOOD STOCKS
dc.subject FOOD TRANSFERS
dc.subject FRESHWATER
dc.subject FRESHWATER RESOURCES
dc.subject GAS
dc.subject GROUNDWATER
dc.subject HYDROLOGY
dc.subject IFPRI
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subject IRRIGATION
dc.subject MANAGING WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCE BASE
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject POLLUTANTS
dc.subject PRESSURE
dc.subject PRICE OF WATER
dc.subject RAIN
dc.subject RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject RICE
dc.subject STORAGE CAPACITY
dc.subject SUPPLY OF WATER
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE WATER
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE WATER USE
dc.subject WATER CONSUMPTION
dc.subject WATER DEMAND
dc.subject WATER POLICIES
dc.subject WATER POLICY
dc.subject WATER PRODUCTION
dc.subject WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject WATER USE
dc.subject WHEAT
dc.title Blue Water and the Consequences of Alternative Food Security Policies in the Middle East and North Africa for Water Security en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.date.disclosure 2013-05-01
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17772661/
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-6464
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20130529133721
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 17772661
okr.identifier.report WPS6464
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/05/29/000158349_20130529133721/Rendered/PDF/WPS6464.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.geographical North Africa
okr.region.geographical Middle East
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Water Supply and Systems
okr.topic Food and Beverage Industry
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 Industry
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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