Accountability for Better Water Management Results

April 2008 – Are countries in MENA region able to adapt their current water management practices to meet these combined challenges:

As the region’s economies and population structures change over the next few decades, demands for water supply and irrigation services will change accordingly;

Rainfall patterns are predicted to shift as a result of climate change;

Per capita water availability will fall by half by 2050?

The World Bank report “Making the Most of Scarcity: Accountability for Better Water Management Results in the Middle East and North Africa” tries to answer the question.

Source: Word Bank, 04 Apr 2008