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1 online resource (130 pages) |
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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Kenya's Economy and Water Resources; 3 The Physical Impacts of Rainfall Variability: Floods and Droughts; 4 The Physical Impacts of Water Resources Degradation; 5 Economic Impacts of Rainfall Variability and Water Resources Degradation; 6 Conclusions and Recommendations; APPENDIXES; A List of People Consulted; B Hydrologic Effects of Forest Clearance; C Methods and Data for Valuing Economic Losses; References; Map; LIST OF TABLES |
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2.1 Safe Yield from Water Resources by Major Drainage Basins in Kenya2.2 Infrastructure Cost Estimates for Water Sector; 2.3 Condition of Gauges for Measuring Flow into Lake Nakuru; 2.4 Estimated Water Demand,1990-2010; 2.5 Estimates of Livestock Populations in Kenya; 2.6 Major Crop Production in 1990 and Projected Production in 2010; 2.7 Estimated Economic Loss from Livestock Deaths Due to 1999-2000 Drought Stress; 2.8 Quantity and Value of Fish Landed, 1995-2001; 3.1 Distribution of Rainfall in Kenya; 3.2 Drought Incidence in Kenya, 1883-2001 |
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3.3 Existing Water Dams/Pans and Boreholes and Deficit in Most-Affected Districts3.4 Major Rehabilitation Projects in Response to El Niño Floods in Most-affected Areas; 3.5 Flood Damage Costs to the Water Sector; 3.6 The Physical Impacts of Floods and Droughts; 4.1 Growth in Absolute Number of Abstraction Points in Three Rivers, Ewaso Nyiro North Basin,1997-2002; 4.2 Percentage of Unauthorized Abstractions for River Basins in the Northern Ewaso Nyiro Catchment,1994-95; 4.3 Depth of Lake Baringo; 4.4 Economic Opportunities Lost Due to Water Overabstraction, 1999-2000 |
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4.5 Main Economic Uses of the Water Hyacinth4.6 Summary of Physical Impacts of Water Resources Degradation; 5.1 Costs Arising from El Niño-induced Floods; 5.2 Costs Arising from 1998-2000 La Niña Drought; 5.3 Costs from Water Resource Degradation; LIST OF FIGURES; 1 Trend of GDP and Population Growth Rates (1999-2000); 2 Decreasing Storage for Domestic Water Supply in Kenya (1969-1999); 2.1 Actual Withdrawal and Safe Yield of Water; 2.2 Estimated Water Demand; 2.3 Decreasing Storage for Domestic Water Supply in Kenya (1969-1999) |
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2.4 Development Expenditure on Water Supplies and Related Services, 1994/5-2001/22.5 Principal Economic Sectors ; 2.6 Sources of Electric Power Used in Kenya; 2.7 Sources of Electricity Generation, 1996-2000; 3.1 Water Abstraction Rate in Upper Ewaso Nyiro North River; 3.2 Changes in the Price of Maize in Kenyan Regions; 3.3 Freshwater Natural Fish Production, 1994-2000; 4.1 Trends in Analytical Services at Central Water Testing Laboratory, Nairobi; 4.2 Observed and Modeled Levels of Lake Naivasha Showing a Steady Decline in the Potential Water Level after 1984 |
| Summary |
The report, based on a complex analytical methodology, provides a clear economic rationale for investing in improved water resources development and management in Kenya. It is part of the World Bank's policy dialogue on water resources management reforms and investment planning in Kenya. It focuses on the economic implications of two key factors that make the economy and people of Kenya highly vulnerable-the effects of climate variability and the steady degradation of the nation's water resources. The 1997-2000 El Niño-La Niña episodes cost the country Ksh 290 billion, about 14 percent of GDP |
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4.3 Trends in Borehole Drilling in Ewaso Nyiro North Basin, 1930-2003 |
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Print version record |
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Water resources development -- Kenya
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Water-supply -- Kenya -- Management
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Kenya
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
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Water resources development
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Water-supply -- Management
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Kenya
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gichere, Samuel
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Davis, Richard
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| ISBN |
9780821365182 |
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0821365185 |
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