along the coast. Rivers in the basin are ephemeral and only flow during the rainy season. The key water management challenge …"The authors describe and analyze water resources reform and decentralization of river basin management in the state of … is to capture the water in reservoirs in rainy years and to manage it such that it will last for several years, in case …

urban areas is having a significant impact on the quantity and quality of water available as inputs into the production and … consumption process, as well as the ability of the water system to absorb and neutralize the waste byproducts deposited into it …. Water shortages are most severe in the north of the country, where surface water diversion is excessive and groundwater is …

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 …-wide effects of water shocks. This report finds that unmitigated hydrological variability currently costs the economy over one …

Executive summary -- Water security -- Profiling water security in the Middle East and North Africa -- The water …

discusses the factors which can facilitate the development of accountability and participatory governance mechanisms. Lessons … impact of participatory governance on policymaking, while emerging, is still a work in progress. The paper concludes with … recommendations for how developing country societies might sustain real achievements in participatory governance and domestic …

"This paper examines the conceptual and empirical basis of corruption and governance and concludes that decentralized … local governance is conducive to reduced corruption in the long run. This is because localization helps to break the …

industrial and developing countries differently in some cases. The authors also find that governance plays an important role as …