Climate variability and water resource degradation in Kenya - improving water resources development and management (English)

This report attempts to fill that gap for two of the most important water-related issues facing the effects of climate variability and the steady degradation of the nation's water resources. The study reported here concluded that the El Niño-La Niña episode from 1997-2000 cost the country Ksh 290 billion (about 14 percent of GDP during that period). During El Niño-induced floods, this cost primarily arises from destruction of infrastructure such as...

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Davis,Richard Mark;

Gichere, Samuel;

Hirji,Rafik Fatehali;

Mogaka,Hezron Rasugu;
Document Date
2005/07/10
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
34854
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Kenya,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2006/03/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Climate variability and water resource degradation in Kenya - improving water resources development and management
Keywords
water resource

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Davis,Richard Mark; Gichere, Samuel; Hirji,Rafik Fatehali; Mogaka,Hezron Rasugu.

Climate variability and water resource degradation in Kenya - improving water resources development and management (English). World Bank working paper series ; no. 69 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/990211468283546915

Climate variability and water resource degradation in Kenya - improving water resources development and management (English)

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