Water scarcity in least developed countries
Briefing
01-06-2012
Lack of water is expected to affect one-third of the population worldwide by 2025. Today, 1.2 billion people live in areas of scarcity, while 1.6 billion face water shortages due to economic problems. The issue is particularly worrying in least developed countries (LDCs), where water is scarce or there is little or no infrastructure to extract, distribute or conserve water.
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- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- aid policy
- climate change
- cooperation policy
- cultivation of agricultural land
- degradation of the environment
- deterioration of the environment
- drought
- economic conditions
- ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- exhaustion of resources
- health
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- irrigated agriculture
- least-developed country
- natural environment
- public health
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- use of water
- water resources