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Appropriate Groundwater Management Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa : In Face of Demographic Pressure and Climatic Variability

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2011
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Abstract
This paper provides an overview of major groundwater issues for Sub-Saharan Africa, with an assessment of their policy implications in terms of potential development and appropriate management. In terms of construction time, capital outlay and drought resilience, groundwater is the preferred source to meet most water-supply demands, despite hydro geological complexity, natural constraints on water well yields and quality, and institutional weaknesses. The 'new developmental agenda' relates to improving urban water-supply security and expanding irrigated agriculture to meet these challenges many countries need to undertake strategic assessment of their groundwater and prioritize investment on institutional strengthening so as to facilitate appropriately-managed groundwater development. Without effective use of available groundwater resources, improved livelihoods and climate-change adaptation will prove much more difficult to achieve.Citation
“Tuinhof, Albert; Foster, Stephen; van Steenbergen, Frank; Talbi, Amal; Wishart, Marcus. 2011. Appropriate Groundwater Management Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa : In Face of Demographic Pressure and Climatic Variability. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27363 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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