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

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 …

Introduction -- Water scarcity in China : current situation -- Water resources management in China : an overview of … determinant variables -- Improving water governance -- Deepening water rights administration and developing water markets … -- Improving efficiency and equity in water pricing -- Protecting ecosystems in river basins through market-oriented eco …

"China has experienced a wide-scale and rapid transformation from an agricultural based economy to the manufacturing … 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 -- the resource itself as well as the irrigation and water supply services derived from it is important for every …-term sustainability of ecosystems. Here, in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the most water-scarce region of the world …, good water management matters even more than it does elsewhere. The report suggests that MENA can meet its water management …

by the time itreaches its centenary in 2045. But is this achievable without considering Indonesia's Water Security …? Thisstudy reflects on this question in detail, highlights potential challenges and quantifies the impact of water related … toward water security and shows windows of opportunities for sector reform underpinned by the ongoing revisions of the legal …

Most of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot meet current water demand. Many countries face full-blown crises …, and the situation is likely to get even worse. Estimates show that per capita water availability will be cut in half by … 2050, with serious consequences for aquifers and natural hydrological systems. Demand for water supplies and irrigation …

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 …