World Bank2012-06-152012-06-152006https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8170This report looks at, and beyond, the management hydrological variability to interventions aimed at decreasing the vulnerability of the economy to these shocks. It helps clarify linkages between the country's economic performance and its water resources endowment and management. It then uses this analysis to recommend both water resource strategies and economic and sectoral policies that will enhance growth and insulate the Ethiopian people and economy from the often devastating, economy-wide effects of water shocks. This report finds that unmitigated hydrological variability currently costs the economy over one third of its growth potential. The very structure of the Ethiopian economy with its heavy reliance on rainfed subsistence agriculture makes it particularly vulnerable to hydrological variability. Its current extremely low levels of hydraulic infrastructure and limited water resources management capacity undermine attempts to manage variability. These circumstances leave Ethiopia's economic performance virtually hostage to its hydrology.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUNDANCE OF WATERACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATERACCESS TO WATERACCESS TO WATER SUPPLYADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAIR POLLUTIONALLOCATION OF WATERANNUAL AVERAGE FLOWANNUAL RAINFALLAQUIFERSARTIFICIAL RECHARGEAVAILABLE WATERAVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALLBASINSBULK WATERCARBONCHANNELSCIVIL SOCIETYCLEAN WATERCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONSERVATIONCONSUMPTIVE USECONSUMPTIVE USESCROSSINGSCUBIC METERSCULVERTSDEFORESTATIONDEMAND FOR WATERDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALLDIVERSIONDRAINAGEDRINKING WATERDROUGHTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DYNAMICSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTENERGY CONSUMPTIONENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHEROSIONEXPORTFARMERSFARMINGFINANCIAL RESOURCESFISHFISHERIESFLOOD CONTROLFLOOD DAMAGEFLOOD RISKFLOODINGFLOODSFRESHWATERFRESHWATER RESOURCESGRAZINGGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER RECHARGEGROUNDWATER RESOURCESGROUNDWATER WELLSHOUSEHOLDSHYDROELECTRIC POWERHYDROLOGYHYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENTHYDROPOWER POTENTIALHYDROPOWER PRODUCTIONIMPROVING SERVICE DELIVERYINCOMEINSURANCEINTAKESINTERNATIONAL WATERSINVESTMENT DECISIONSIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION SYSTEMSLAKE LEVELLAKESLAND DEGRADATIONLOGGINGLOW RAINFALLMAINTENANCE COSTSMANAGING WATER RESOURCESMARSHESMETEOROLOGICAL DATAMUNICIPAL WATERMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIESNATIONAL WATER RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCESORGANIC MATTERPASTURESPIPED WATERPIPELINEPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLLUTIONPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPOPULATION GROWTHPOTABLE WATERPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOWER GENERATIONPOWER PLANTSPRECIPITATIONPRODUCTIVITYPROGRAMSPUBLIC GOODPUMPSQUALITY OF WATERRAINRAINFALLRAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONRAINFALL VARIABILITYRAINY SEASONSRAW WATERRENEWABLE GROUNDWATER RESOURCESRESERVOIRSRIPARIANRIPARIAN STATESRIVER BASINRIVER BASINSRIVER MANAGEMENTRIVERSROOT ZONERUNOFFRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL WATERRURAL WATER SUPPLYSALINITYSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITIESSANITATION SERVICESSANITATION SYSTEMSSAVINGSSEASECTORAL POLICIESSEWERAGE AUTHORITYSHARED WATERSSOIL DEGRADATIONSOILSSPARE PARTSSTORAGE CAPACITYSTREAMSSURFACE RUNOFFSURFACE WATERSURFACE WATER RESOURCESSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHSUSTAINABLE WATERTOWNTOWNSTRADEOFFSTURBIDITYURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYUSE OF WATERWATER AVAILABILITYWATER INFRASTRUCTUREWATER LEVELWATER MANAGEMENTWATER PARTNERSHIPWATER QUANTITYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER SECTORWATER SERVICESWATER SHORTAGEWATER SHORTAGESWATER SOURCEWATER SOURCESWATER STORAGEWATER SUPPLIESWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY SITUATIONWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSWATER SYSTEMWATER SYSTEMSWATER TABLEWATER USAGEWATER UTILITIESWATERSWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWATERSHEDSWELLSWETLANDSWorld Bank10.1596/8170