Africa Region,
World Bank
cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent World Bank
publication
MENA Development Report on Water
Making the Most of Scarcity
Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
Water in the Middle East and North Africa region is a source of major social and
economic challenges stemming from scarcity, variability, unreliable services,
and environmental degradation. Current population growth will put further
stress on this situation in the near future, unless current practices change.
In addition, climate change is predicted to increase the temperature and
thereby, water demand in agriculture, and will cause more droughts and floods.
While water professionals have been advocating comprehensive water reforms for
years and many countries have improved their water policies and institutions,
some of the most politically sensitive elements of reform remain untouched. The
book suggests that a series of factors are now emerging that represent a
potential opportunity to break this impasse.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
World Bank J Building - J1- 050 (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and
Pennsylvania Ave.)
Presentation followed by Light Lunch Reception
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Opening Remarks by
Inger Andersen
Director, Sustainable Development Department, Middle East and North Africa
Region, World Bank
Inger Andersen is the Director of the Sustainable Development Department
(MNSSD), Middle East and North Africa Region, of the World Bank Group. Prior to
that, she held positions as Senior Water Resources Specialist leading the Africa
Urban and Water II [West and Central Africa (AFTU2)] resources program where she
worked closely with the Nile Basin, and subsequently Sector Manager of AFTU2.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Ms. Andersen held various positions at UNDP,
including managing environment and water operations and policy dialogue in both
Africa and the Middle East regions. She also worked in Sudan, where she managed
an NGO supporting drought, famine, and war relief and rehabilitation in Western
and Southern Sudan.
Presentation by
Julia Bucknall
Lead Natural Resources Management Specialist, World Bank
Julia Bucknall is the main author of the report. She is presently a Lead
Natural Resources Management Specialist in the Sustainable Development
Department (MNSSD), Middle East and North Africa Region of the World Bank Group.
She has worked on water projects for the Bank in Latin America, East Asia, ECA
and MENA. Before that, she was an environmental consultant in Europe. She is
an environmental policy specialist by training.
Comments by
Jamal Saghir
Director, Energy, Transport and Water, in the Sustainable Vice Presidency
(SDNVP), World Bank
Jamal Saghir is the chair of the Energy and Mining Sector Board, Transport
Sector Board, and Water Sector Board. The position also includes management of
the network functions for the Energy, Transport, and Water sectors Bank-wide.
Mr. Saghir joined the Bank in 1990 and worked on a variety of private sector
development, privatization and restructuring assignments in Africa, Latin
America, the CIS countries and the Middle East and North Africa. In 1994, Mr.
Saghir joined the Middle East Country Department then transferred to the Private
Sector Development and Infrastructure Division in 1995. In 1999, Mr. Saghir was
appointed Sector Manager, in the Infrastructure Development Group in MENA.
Carlos Silva-Jauregui
Advisor to the Chief Economist, Social and Economic Development Group (MNSED),
Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank
Carlos Silva-Jauregui is Advisor to the Chief Economist in the Social and
Economic Development Group (MNSED), Middle East and North Africa Region of the
World Bank Group. He began his professional career working in the research
department of the Banco Nacional de Mexico (BANAMEX), the largest commercial
bank in Mexico, and spent a number of years in academia, doing research and
lecturing in areas such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics and
econometrics in Mexico, Spain and the US. In 1991, he joined the World Bank as
an Economist and has worked in the Latin America, ECA and the MENA regions. He
is author and co-author and team leader of numerous studies at the World Bank.
Mr. Silva-Jauregui is also a member of the regional Gender Advisory Group.
Dale Whittington
Professor of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, City & Regional Planning, and
Public Policy, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Whittington is a Professor of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, City &
Regional Planning, and Public Policy, at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Since 1986, he has worked for the World Bank and other
international agencies on the development and application of techniques for
estimating the economic value of environmental resources in developing
countries, with a particular focus on water and sanitation and vaccine policy
issues. He has designed and carried out valuation studies in Haiti, Guatemala,
Mexico, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania,
Pakistan, Nepal, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Bulgaria, and
Ukraine. His current research focuses on the following four areas: (1)
development of planning approaches and methods for the design of improved water
and sanitation systems for the rapidly growing cities of Asia; (2) the design of
municipal water tariffs in developing countries; (3) estimating the economic
benefits of vaccines for malaria, typhoid, cholera, and HIV/AIDS; and (4) Nile
water management issues. Professor Whittington is the author (with Prof. Duncan
MacRae) of a graduate textbook on public policy analysis, Expert Advice for
Policy Choice.
Closing Remarks by
Vijay Jagannathan
Sector Manager for Water, Sustainable Development Department, Middle East and
North Africa Region, World Bank
Vijay Jagannathan is the Sector Manager for Water in the Sustainable Development
Department (MNSSD), Middle East and North Africa Region, of the World Bank
Group. Prior to this assignment, he worked on water supply and sanitation
programs in Southeast Asia, and in the Center (in the infrastructure and
environment departments). His pre-Bank experience has been in both the public
and private sectors in India. In the public sector, he worked on a range of
developmental issues in India as a member of the Indian Administrative Service,
and in the private sector in the Tata Administrative Service.
For more information about the report, please go to
http://go.worldbank.org/WDPAMJ5290
Information on water in mena :
http://www.worldbank.org/mena-water
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