dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-24T20:46:07Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-24T20:46:07Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description.abstract	Water security is a matter of increasing concern across the world and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is no exception. With rapidly growing demands for water and increasing variability due to climate change, ensuring water access to all users and mitigating water-related risks should be at the center of national and regional adaptation strategies. With nearly a third of the world's water resources, the LAC region's development has been inadvertently driven by water. This rich water endowment has allowed LAC to position itself as the world's largest net food-exporting region and greenest in terms of electricity production through hydropower. Water has played a fundamental role in reducing poverty, preserving LAC's natural wealth, and accelerating economic growth. More importantly, access to safe drinking water and sanitation services has contributed to improve the health and living conditions of millions of people. Despite this progress, there are urgent water sector challenges that threaten the region's sustainable development. Access to water and sanitation services is inequitable, with greater gaps in rural, indigenous, and peri-urban communities. In addition, water-related extremes such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent and severe, having negative effects in lower-income communities. These gaps are more likely to be broadened by unsustainable water management practices, growing demands by competing water users, increasing pollution, and climate change impacts. In LAC, inadequate infrastructure results in a lack of storage and limited investment reduces the capacity of institutions to achieve integrated water resources management and improve service provision. The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) conducts research, convenes multi stakeholder dialogues, builds institutional capacity, and provides policy advice to water decision-makers. Focused on improving water governance, the authors aim to contribute to more prosperous and inclusive societies.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099450103222231166/P1668950059b6e0af0bc670ffe759af1487
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/37214
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/37214
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC
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 SECURITY
dc.subject	GREEN GROWTH
dc.subject	INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER
dc.subject	WATER POLLUTION
dc.title	Water Matters	en
dc.title.subtitle	Resilient, Inclusive and Green Growth through Water Security in Latin America	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Water Matters
okr.date.disclosure	2022-03-23
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T12:34:03.806224Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2022-03-23T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Report
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099450103222231166/P1668950059b6e0af0bc670ffe759af1487
okr.guid	099450103222231166
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	33763826
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	33763826
okr.identifier.report	169731
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099450103222231166/pdf/P1668950059b6e0af0bc670ffe759af1487.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Latin America and Caribbean
okr.region.geographical	Caribbean
okr.region.geographical	Latin America
okr.topic	Environment::Water Resources Management
okr.topic	Gender::Gender, Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic	Water Resources::Freshwater Resources
okr.topic	Water Resources::Groundwater
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Economics
okr.topic	Water Resources::Water Policy & Governance
okr.unit	Water Latin America & Caribbean (SLCWA)

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