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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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International Water Management Institute |
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Date:
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2010 |
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Agency:
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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Series:
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IWMI Water Issue Brief, no. 12 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7666
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Sector:
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Water Resource & Irrigation |
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Subject(s):
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water management
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Abstract:
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"For many of the world's poorest people, rainfall variability is a major impediment to their livelihoods. The inability to manage unpredictable changes in rainfall, and consequently runoff, is a key contributing factor to food insecurity and poverty. Frequently, periods with too much water are followed by periods with too little, and intermittent water scarcity is often a direct consequence of rainfall variability."
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