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    Water scenarios for the Zambezi River Basin, 2000-2050

    International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2010
    This paper suggests that there are many development possibilities in Zambezi river basin (ZRB), considering the very low current level of consumptive water use there. The document finds that:
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    Water Policy – Water Politics. Social engineering and strategic action in water sector reform

    Springerlink, 2008
    The key challenge in the water sector is not a lack of water, knowledge, financial resources or technology. In general, it is the political sphere that determines if water problems are solved or not, if people get access to water or not, if our natural resource base is sustainably developed or overexploited.
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    Does ‘improved’ sanitation make children healthier? Household pit latrines and child health in rural Ethiopia

    Young Lives, 2009
    Some 250,000 Ethiopian children die each year from poor sanitation, hygiene and water. Ethiopia has ambitious plans to ensure universal access to pit latrines in all rural areas by 2012. But will people use them?
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    Irrigation in the Middle East region in figures

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
    This FAO report aims to provide an accurate status of rural water resources management, with a special focus on irrigation, highlighting the major changes that have occurred in the last decade. In each country, the paper features major characteristics, trends, constraints and prospective changes in irrigation and in water resources.
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    Managing Africa’s water in a changing climate

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2009
    Nearly one-third of all water-related disasters occur in Africa. The second issue of Joto Afrika considers the relationship between climate change, the greater incidence of extreme weather events, such as drought and flooding, and the increasing scarcity of water on the African continent.
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    Arab environment: climate change and the impact of climate change on Arab countries

    Arab Forum for Environment and Development, 2009
    Although greenhouse gas emissions from the Arab world amount to 4.2% of global emissions, the impact of climate change on the fragile environment of the region and its people is expected to be immense.
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    World water and food to 2025: dealing with scarcity

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
    The key messages of this presentation are:
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    Troubled waters: Palestinians denied fair access to water

    Amnesty International, 2009
    Lack of access to adequate, safe and clean water has been a longstanding problem for the Palestinian population of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Though exacerbated in recent years by the impact of drought-induced water scarcity, this report argues that the problem arises principally as a result of Israel’s discriminatory water policies and practices against this population.
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    Adaptive water resource management in the south Indian lower Bhavani project command area

    International Water Management Institute, 2009
    This study explores the theory and practice of Adaptive Management (AM) based on a detailed field study on the development and use of water resources in the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP). The project diverts water from the Bhavani River.
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    Joint water quantity/quality management analysis in a biofuel production area: using an integrated economic-hydrologic model

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
    Water management in the Pirapama River Basin in northeastern Brazil is affected by both water quantity and water quality constraints. The region is known for significant sugarcane-based ethanol production. Sugarcane production in the region goes hand in hand with controlled fertirrigation practices with potentially significant adverse impacts on the environment.

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