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 …

The country water resources assistance strategy for Zambia provides an analysis of the role of water in the economy and … provides an important context for any water resources development. Zambia has played an important role in development of the … Southern African Development Community (SADC) revised protocol on shared water courses (2000) and is engaged in the process of …

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 …

The study reviews the challenges water resources management faces, and the opportunities for policy formulation towards … sustainable development in Argentina, where regardless of prudent public finances management, water resources management remain …'s population, institutions, and legal framework, the study examines the current, accelerated degradation of water quality, where …

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 …

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

focus on enhancing stewardship in three key sectors-forests, water, and energy resources. The key objectives include the … management; 2) ensuring economically efficient and environmentally and socially sustainable water management to promote 'green …' growth in the context of water scarcity and climate uncertainty; and 3) assessing the impacts of declining oil and gas …