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UNCHARTED WATERSThe New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability

Richard Damania, Sébastien Desbureaux, Marie Hyland, Asif Islam, Scott Moore, Aude-Sophie Rodella, Jason Russ, Esha Zaveri

UNCHARTED WATERS: THE NEW ECONOMICS OF WATER SCARCITY AND VARIABILITY

author(s): damania, desbureaux, hyland, Islam, moore, Rodella, Russ, Zaveri Focus: Water, Poverty and the economy

This book presents new evidence to advance our understanding of how rainfall shocks, coupled with water scarcity, affect farms, firms, and families. A key message is that water has multiple economic attributes that entail distinct policy responses at each stage in its cycle of use. If water is not managed more prudently— from source, to tap, and back to source—the crises observed today will become the catastrophes of tomorrow.

HIGH AND DRY: CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER, AND THE ECONOMYALSO AVAILABLE IN FRENCH, SPANISH AND ARABIC

author(s): Water GP | Focus: Water, Poverty and the economy

The impacts of climate change will be channeled primarily through the water cycle, with consequences that could be large and uneven across the globe. Water-relat-ed climate risks cascade through food, energy, urban, and environmental systems. Growing populations, rising incomes, and expanding cities will converge upon a world where the demand for water rises exponentially, while supply becomes more erratic and uncertain. They will jeopardize growth prospects in the regions worst affected and in some of the poorest countries.

Water Global Practice

High and Dry

Climate Change, Water, and the Economy

WATER, WELL-BEING, AND THE PROSPERITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS

author(s): chase, damania | Focus: Water, Poverty and the economy

This discussion paper provides an overview of the poverty-related impacts of inad-equate water supply and sanitation and highlights the policy challenges that have emerged in a more populated, polluted, and urbanized world with finite water resourc-es. It highlights the need for sustained changes in individual behavior, more equitable access to services, and incentives for improved water resource stewardship.

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Water, Well-Being, and the Prosperity of Future GenerationsClaire Chase and Richard Damania

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PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES

author(s): miralles-Wilhelm, clarke, hejazi, Kim, Gustafson, muñoz-castillo, Graham | Focus: Water Security and Integrated Resource management

This paper is an initial study on the physical impacts of climate change on water re-sources around the world. It covers an integrated qualitative and quantitative under-standing of the implications of climate change and mitigation, and the socioeconomic and technological developments on water scarcity and water-energy-food interac-tions. It illustrates the centrality of water in achieving global climate change goals.

STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER, AND ECONOMICS

author(s): markandya | Focus: Water, Poverty and the economy

Water is the central driver of the impacts of climate change on society. This working paper shows in economic terms how climate impacts, channeled through water, will affect the economy and society in the coming decades, how these impacts depend in part on the evolution of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and what measures can be taken to address the impacts.

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State of Knowledge on Climate Change, Water, and EconomicsAnil Markandya

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Physical Impacts of Climate Change on Water ResourcesFernando Miralles-Wilhelm, Leon Clarke, Mohamad Hejazi, Sonny Kim, Kelly Gustafson, Raul Muñoz-Castillo, and Neal Graham

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WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) POVERTY DIAGNOSTIC INITIATIVE

The WASH Poverty Diagnostic Initiative captures and analyzes data from 18 countries to present evidence on inequalities in access to WASH ser-vices, examine the impact of unequal service on the poor, and explore why service delivery continues to be inadequate and inefficient in much of the world. It provides fact- based recommendations to help policymak-ers, stakeholders, and donors plan more strategically and equitably. http://worldbank.org/washpdinitiative

country reports: Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, West Bank & Gaza, Yemen

Global Report: The data is synthesized in the report: Reducing Inequali-ties in Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene in the Era of the Sustainable Development Goals: Synthesis Report of the WASH Poverty Diagnostic Initiative

Reducing Inequalities in Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene in the Era of the Sustainable Developm

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Reducing Inequalities in Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene in the Era of the Sustainable Development GoalsSynthesis Report of the WASH Poverty Diagnostic Initiative

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