dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2017-07-31T16:40:48Z
dc.date.available	2017-07-31T16:40:48Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	Water has always been a source of risks and opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet rapidly changing socioeconomic, political, and environmental conditions make water security a different, and more urgent, challenge than ever before. This report shows that achieving water security means much more than coping with water scarcity. It means managing water resources in a sustainable, efficient, and equitable way. It also involves delivering water services reliably and affordably, to reinforce relationships between service providers and water users and contribute to a renewed social contract. Water security also entails mitigating water-related risks such as floods and droughts. Water security is an urgent target, but it is also a target within reach. A host of potential solutions to the region’s water management challenges exist. To make these solutions work, clear incentives are needed to change the way water is managed, conserved, and allocated. To make these solutions work, countries in the region will also need to better engage water users, civil society, and youth. The failure of policies to address water challenges can have severe impacts on people’s well-being and political stability. The strategic question for the region is whether countries will act with foresight and resolve to strengthen water security, or whether they will wait to react to the inevitable disruptions of water crises.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1144-9
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-1144-9
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27659
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	MENA Development Report;
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	WATER SCARCITY
dc.subject	WATER SECURITY
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	WATER SERVICES
dc.subject	WATER AND SANITATION
dc.subject	FLOOD RISK
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.title	Beyond Scarcity	en
dc.title.subtitle	Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Beyond Scarcity: Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa
okr.date.disclosure	2017-12-20
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okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-08T16:14:54.836956Z
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okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1144-9
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1144-9
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	211144
okr.identifier.report	120105
okr.imported	true
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.geographical	Middle East
okr.region.geographical	North Africa
okr.topic	Environment::Water Resources Management
okr.topic	Water Resources::Drought Management
okr.topic	Water Resources::Flood Control
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Policy & Governance
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Use
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation::Water Utility Services to the Poor
okr.unit	MNAVP

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