Making the most of scarcity : accountability for better water management results in the Middle East and North Africa.

By task team leader Julia Bucknall and others.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.

Also issued online.

Ch. 1. Factors inside and outside the water sector drive MENA's water outcomes -- Ch. 2. Progress, but problems -- Ch. 3. Several factors that drive the politics of water reform are changing -- Ch. 4. MENA countries can leverage the potential for change by improving external accountability -- Ch. 5. MENA countries can meet the water management challenges of the twenty-first century -- App 1. Water resources data -- App 2. Water services data -- App 3. Country profiles -- App 4. Case studies : mitigating risks and conflict.

"While water professionals have been advocating comprehensive water reforms for years and many countries have improved their water policies and institutions, some of the most politically sensitive elements of reform remain untouched. This report suggests that a series of factors are now emerging that represent a potential opportunity to break this impasse." "Making the Most of Scarcity will be of interest to readers working in the areas of agribusiness and markets, agriculture, urban and rural development, water supply, and water resources, as well as to those responsible for setting policies in the areas of environment, economics, and social protection."--BOOK JACKET.