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Obtenir le meilleur parti des ressources rares : Une meilleure gouvernance pour une meilleure gestion de l'eau au moyen-orient et en Afrique du NordWater -- the resource itself as well as the irrigation and water supply services derived from it is important for every country. It is fundamental to human health, wellbeing, productivity, and livelihoods. It is also essential for the long-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 challenge. People have a very real need for water for drinking and for household uses. This domestic use, however, accounts for less than ten percent of a typical country's water consumption. Every country in the region has enough water resources to meet domestic needs, even accounting for the larger populations expected in the future. And policy decisions can help improve the way drinking water and sanitation services are delivered so that people get the services they need. The bulk of a typical country's water consumption goes to agriculture. This demand depends on such factors as the structure of the economy, people's consumption preferences, agriculture and trade policies, and how efficiently water is used. These factors can be influenced by policy choices. Similarly, countries can protect their environmental quality with policy and institutional choices. The necessary policy changes are far from easy. Yet they are essential, and, when coupled with improvements in accountability to the public, water resources and services will support communities and promote economic development and bring benefits to the entire population.
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Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management Results in the Middle East and North AfricaWater -- the resource itself as well as the irrigation and water supply services derived from it is important for every country. It is fundamental to human health, wellbeing, productivity, and livelihoods. It is also essential for the long-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 challenge. People have a very real need for water for drinking and for household uses. This domestic use, however, accounts for less than ten percent of a typical country's water consumption. Every country in the region has enough water resources to meet domestic needs, even accounting for the larger populations expected in the future. And policy decisions can help improve the way drinking water and sanitation services are delivered so that people get the services they need. The bulk of a typical country's water consumption goes to agriculture. This demand depends on such factors as the structure of the economy, people's consumption preferences, agriculture and trade policies, and how efficiently water is used. These factors can be influenced by policy choices. Similarly, countries can protect their environmental quality with policy and institutional choices. The necessary policy changes are far from easy. Yet they are essential, and, when coupled with improvements in accountability to the public, water resources and services will support communities and promote economic development and bring benefits to the entire population.
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Berg Water Project : Communication
 Practices for Governance and Sustainability ImprovementThe past decade has witnessed a major
 global shift in thinking about water, including the role
 that water infrastructure plays in sustainable development.
 This rethinking aims to better balance the social, economic,
 and environmental performance aspects in the development and
 management of large dams. Additionally, it reinforces
 efforts to combat poverty by ensuring more equitable access
 to water and energy services. There is also growing
 appreciation of how broad-based policy reforms come into
 play and influence decisions around issues related to dams.
 Apart from democratization of the development process
 itself, it is increasingly recognized that infrastructure
 strategies must complement strategies for water,
 environment, and energy security; they must also address
 emerging concerns to reduce vulnerability in water resource
 systems due to the probability of climate change.
 Communication comes to the forefront in modern approaches to
 dam planning and management in several respects.
 Communication is central to multi-stakeholder dialogue and
 partnerships at all levels needed to achieve sustainability
 and governance reform in water resource management and
 infrastructure provision. At the same time, communication
 drives the advocacy to mobilize political will and public
 support for beneficial change and continuous improvement in
 practices. This case study emphasizes that it is important
 not only to mobilize all opportunities to reconcile water
 demand and supply in river basins facing increasing levels
 of water stress, but also to effectively integrate
 governance and anticorruption reforms and sustainability
 improvements into all stages of the planning and project
 cycle-adding value for all stakeholders, not just for some
 of them.