Water for Shared Prosperity
In 1997, thousands of people gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco, for the first World Water Forum to address an urgent problem: the global water crisis. The meeting resulted in the Marrakech Declaration, a pledge that called on the World Water Council to develop a “World Water Vision” for the 21st century. In 2024, thousands are convening in Bali, Indonesia, for the 10th World Water Forum. Indonesia and Morocco are worlds apart in many ways. As the world’s largest archipelago, Indonesia is surrounded by water. On the other hand, Morocco is partly occupied by the Sahara, the world’s largest hot desert. However, one reality these (and many other) countries share is water stress. The 10th World Water Forum is an invitation to consider the collective water issues in countries as different as Indonesia and Morocco and to draw parallels among them. But it is also about finding solutions This report makes three major contributions. It (1) provides a conceptual framework to illustrate the relationship between water and shared prosperity; (2) presents new empirical evidence on the drivers, extent and costs of inequalities in water access, as well as disparities in the impacts of climate-related water shocks; and (3) identifies policy responses to improve water access, strengthen climate resilience, and promote shared prosperity on a livable planet.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2024-05-21
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| Subjects: | WATER, WATER ALLOCATION AND WATER SUPPLY, WALTER AND MULTI-UTILITIES, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT, CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION, SDG 6, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051624105021354/P50138117773d00d31858114955019bdfcc https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41575 |
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| Summary: | In 1997, thousands of people gathered
in Marrakesh, Morocco, for the first World Water Forum to
address an urgent problem: the global water crisis. The
meeting resulted in the Marrakech Declaration, a pledge that
called on the World Water Council to develop a “World Water
Vision” for the 21st century. In 2024, thousands are
convening in Bali, Indonesia, for the 10th World Water
Forum. Indonesia and Morocco are worlds apart in many ways.
As the world’s largest archipelago, Indonesia is surrounded
by water. On the other hand, Morocco is partly occupied by
the Sahara, the world’s largest hot desert. However, one
reality these (and many other) countries share is water
stress. The 10th World Water Forum is an invitation to
consider the collective water issues in countries as
different as Indonesia and Morocco and to draw parallels
among them. But it is also about finding solutions This
report makes three major contributions. It (1) provides a
conceptual framework to illustrate the relationship between
water and shared prosperity; (2) presents new empirical
evidence on the drivers, extent and costs of inequalities in
water access, as well as disparities in the impacts of
climate-related water shocks; and (3) identifies policy
responses to improve water access, strengthen climate
resilience, and promote shared prosperity on a livable planet. |
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