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dc.titleScarcity in the Land of Plenty
dc.contributor.authorLibra, Jesse Madden
dc.contributor.authorCollaer, Julien Sylvain
dc.contributor.authorDatshkovsky, Darcia
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Maria
dc.contributor.orgunitWater and Sanitation Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2022-02-09T00:02:00
dc.date.issue2022-02-09T00:02:00
dc.description.abstractLatin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the most water-rich region in the world, but millions of its inhabitants live with water risk. This contradiction, driven by mismatches in the location of supply vs demand, quality issues, and failing infrastructure, makes it crucial that policy makers use people-centric water risk metrics when assessing water risk in LAC. 35% of the population lives in water stressed basins, a number which balloons to 60% when accounting for the lack of institutional capacity for preserving water quality and providing water services.
dc.format.extent44
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003969
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Scarcity-in-the-Land-of-Plenty.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWater and Sanitation
dc.subjectWater Quality
dc.subjectDrought
dc.subjectWater Resource
dc.subjectWastewater
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectNatural Resource
dc.subject.jelcodeQ25 - Water
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeR11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
dc.subject.keywordsWater scarcity;Water risk;Population-based metrics
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-02411
idb.operationRG-T3216
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