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Joining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises: Humanitarian and Development Support for Water and Sanitation Providers in the Middle East and North Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.contributor.authorICRC
dc.contributor.authorUNICEF
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-08T20:05:07Z
dc.date.available2021-02-08T20:05:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-05
dc.description.abstractProtracted crises in urban contexts of the Middle East and North Africa region present a growing challenge for water supply and sanitation (WSS) service providers and, in turn, the governments and international organizations that support them. The protracted nature of crisis in countries characterized by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) transcends conventional notions of (pre-, during, and post-) crisis management. This report examines five pernicious problems identified by WSS service providers operating in protracted crisis in the Middle East and North Africa region. The five problems are: (1) inadequately governed water resources management; (2) aggressive competition from alternative providers (tanker trucks), undermining network services; (3) paralysis of high-tech wastewater treatment plants; (4) escalating energy costs of off-grid generation; and (5) the cashflow crunch as service provider costs jump and revenues fall. The pernicious problems are shown to stem from precrisis vulnerabilities that have their origins in the rapid period of urbanization and infrastructure expansion across the Middle East and North Africa region. Humanitarian and development actors should strengthen their partnerships in both anticipating and responding to protracted crises. Strengthening humanitarian-development partnerships to support WSS service providers in these ways will address key aspects of precrisis resilience building and also of resilience (re)building in protracted crisis.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820881612497639741/Joining-Forces-to-Combat-Protracted-Crises-Humanitarian-and-Development-Support-for-Water-and-Sanitation-Providers-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/35122
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35122
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectWATER SCARCITY
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectBUSINESS CONTINUITY
dc.subjectWATER UTILITIES
dc.subjectWASTEWATER
dc.subjectWASTEWATER TREATMENT
dc.subjectOFF-GRID ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectENERGY COSTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectSUBSIDIES
dc.subjectCRISIS MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVIDER
dc.subjectSDG 6
dc.titleJoining Forces to Combat Protracted Crisesen
dc.title.subtitleHumanitarian and Development Support for Water and Sanitation Providers in the Middle East and North Africaen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleJoining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises
okr.date.disclosure2021-02-04
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T10:11:46.805552Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820881612497639741/Joining-Forces-to-Combat-Protracted-Crises-Humanitarian-and-Development-Support-for-Water-and-Sanitation-Providers-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820881612497639741/pdf/Joining-Forces-to-Combat-Protracted-Crises-Humanitarian-and-Development-Support-for-Water-and-Sanitation-Providers-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa.pdfen
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Public Private Partnerships in Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Sanitation and Sewerage
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Small Private Water Supply Providers
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Economics
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