Climate variability and water resources in Kenya : the economic cost of inadequate management (English)

Eighty percent of Kenya is arid and semi-arid land; yet despite chronic water scarcity, the country has developed only 15 percent of its available safe water resources. Demand for water is expected to rise, owing to population increases and growing requirements for irrigated agriculture, urban and rural populations, industries, livestock, and hydropower. Meanwhile, climate variability and the steady degradation of water resources cost Kenya at least...

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Davis,Richard Mark;

Gichere, Samuel;

Hirji,Rafik Fatehali;

Mogaka, Herzron;
Document Date
2009/01/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
47310
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Kenya,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Climate variability and water resources in Kenya : the economic cost of inadequate management
Keywords
water

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

Climate variability and water resources in Kenya : the economic cost of inadequate management (English). Water P-Notes ; no. 22 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/231261468047329919

Climate variability and water resources in Kenya : the economic cost of inadequate management (English)

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