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Water Scarcity Could Impact West Asian Credit Ratings
June 13th, 2016
Via Inter Press Service, an interesting look at how water shortage potentially could have more impact on sovereign credit ratings than natural catastrophes: Water scarcity, conflict and refugee exodus is the strongest megatrend in West Asia, indicating the status of current trends and how these factors may shape the future, according to UN Environment Programme’s […]
Read more »Venezuela: How a Water Crisis Brought A Country To Its Knees
June 7th, 2016
Via The Conversation, an interesting look at the role of water in Venezuela’s current national crisis: Venezuela is experiencing critical shortages, prompting concerns that a humanitarian crisis will engulf this oil-rich South American country. Food, medicine, money, electricity and water are all either rationed or unavailable, as Nicolas Maduro’s government confronts deep recession and drought. The halving of […]
Read more »Colombia: Rough Waters Ahead
June 7th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of how Colombia’s abundant water does not mean security: Colombia has made great strides in advancing peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), improving the prospect of peace with the guerrilla movement and finally settling the country’s longtime security threat. But another crisis of sorts is seeping through […]
Read more »The Regional Story Behind Afghanistan’s Salma Dam
June 6th, 2016
Via The Wire, a report on the recently completed Salma dam in Herat, Afghanistan: For over ten years, the construction of the Salma dam has stretched the capacity of Indian diplomacy, administration and engineering to its limits, as New Delhi kept track of competing warlords on one side to maintain security, and the finance ministry’s beancounters on Raisina […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Crisis Demands More Than Grand Projects
June 6th, 2016
Via The Conversation, an interesting look at potential solutions to India’s water crisis: India is facing one of its most serious droughts in recent memory – official estimates suggest that at least 330m people are likely to be affected by acute shortages of water. As the subcontinent awaits the imminent arrival of the monsoon rains, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Can Avoid Water Wars By Mixing Old and New Solutions
June 6th, 2016
Via The Hindustan Times, an interesting article on India’s water crisis: Drinking water shortages are known to spark scuffles , but last week, it led to Sunil Giri, 23, losing his life. Giri was beaten to death in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand for objecting to his neighbour Anwar Hussain taking more than his share […]
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