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Assessment of Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities in Support of Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-21T14:48:56Z
dc.date.available2018-08-21T14:48:56Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-01
dc.description.abstractThe report confirms that groundwater, if managed sustainably, can be an important development resource across the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. The report presents data related to groundwater resource characteristics and highlights the opportunities and challenges presented in promoting sustainable and resilient groundwater development in the region. Groundwater has significant potential to support human and economic development in SSA, as it has done in other global regions. The report recommends investment in expanding groundwater development as an integral component of national water resources strategy for countries in SSA. Investment in groundwater can be financially viable and a wise policy option to support socioeconomic development if safeguards specific to groundwater are incorporated into investmentprograms. The expansion should be designed within a sustainable framework responsive to thespecial social and cultural and economic features of groundwater resources, compounded bytheir special hydrological, environmental and engineering dimensions to guide sustainabledevelopment of this important component of water resources.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/420291533931251279/Assessment-of-groundwater-challenges-opportunities-in-support-of-sustainable-development-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/30266
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30266
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.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectRURAL WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectURBAN WATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectWATER DEMAND
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONS
dc.titleAssessment of Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities in Support of Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africaen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
dc.typeInformees
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okr.crossref.titleAssessment of Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities in Support of Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.date.disclosure2018-08-10
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/420291533931251279/Assessment-of-groundwater-challenges-opportunities-in-support-of-sustainable-development-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa
okr.guid420291533931251279
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/30266
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/30266
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b085e995c1_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum30339464
okr.identifier.report129390
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/420291533931251279/pdf/Assessment-of-groundwater-challenges-and-opportunities-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryNamibia
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.sectorWater, Sanitation and Waste Management
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resource management :: Water resource management
okr.topicWater Resources::Drought Management
okr.topicWater Resources::Groundwater
okr.topicWater Resources::Hydrology
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Urban Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Systems
okr.unitWater WPP Program (GWAWP)
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