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Managing Urban Water Scarcity in Morocco
World Bank Group - 2017
Important challenges such as population growth, urbanization, economic expansion and climate changeare looming over urban water security in Morocco. While urban water demand is expected to rise by 60 percent to 100 percent in most large cities by 2050, climate projections suggest reduced...
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Indonesia Vision 2045 : Toward Water Security
World Bank Group - 2021
Vision 2045 aims to significantly transform Indonesia with the target of becoming one of the world's top five economies by the time it reaches its centenary in 2045. But is this achievable without considering Indonesia's Water Security? This study reflects on this question in detail, highlights...
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Lesotho Water Security and Climate Change Assessment
World Bank Group - 2016
The analysis looks specifically at the need to ensure continued development of water resources within Lesotho and aims to empower stakeholders to act with more confidence by demonstrating that the implementation strategies can provide benefits to water resources management over a broad range of...
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Unlocking Nature-Smart Development : An Approach Paper on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
World Bank Group - 2021
Unlocking Nature-Smart Development: An Approach Paper on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is part of a series of papers by the World Bank Group that outlines the development challenges and opportunities associated with blue and green biodiversity and ecosystem services. The paper makes the...
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Mapping and Valuing Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Landscape Management in Zimbabwe
World Bank Group - 2023
Productive natural ecosystems are being lost and degraded by poorly planned and managed commercial and small … of ecosystem degradation and assesses the value of ecosystems that are key to Zimbabwe's sustainable development. It also …
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Korea Blockchain Ecosystem
World Bank Group - 2021
Emerging technology curation series aims to capture and share Korea experience and lessons learned in regard to exploration and adoption of emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, edge-computing, internet of things (IoT), 5G, et cetera Korea blockchain ecosystem is the first of the series and...
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Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature : A World Bank Group Paper on Private Finance for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
World Bank Group - 2023
degradation of natural ecosystems has been associated with an increase in the probability of emerging infectious diseases. The … COVID-19 pandemic is likely an example of how the disturbance of ecosystems can have systemic consequences. As biodiversity … the way we build, produce, and consume to protect nature while fostering sustainable poverty reduction. The analysis looks …
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Water Services Devolution in Kenya
World Bank Group - 2015
The overview over the next pages summarizes key themes and findings from on-going technical assistance provided to the Kenyan water sector by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) of the World Bank’s Water Global Practice. Kenya’s new Constitution (Constitution of Kenya 2010) came into...
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Mainstreaming Water Resources Management in Urban Projects : Taking an Integrated Urban Water Management Approach
World Bank Group - 2016
This note provides guidance for cities in developing countries for managing the urban water cycle in a sustainable manner by using an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) approach. After a brief introduction to the concept of IUWM, this note profiles the different IUWM approaches applied in...
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Climate Resilience in Africa : The Role of Cooperation around Transboundary Waters
World Bank Group - 2017
Addressing water-challenges is central to building climate resilience. In Africa, all major waters are transboundary making cooperation on international waters critically important to building climate resilience. Regional-national coordination is needed if the full range of options for building...
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