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[Partners] United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [Date/Time] 1 February (1615-1745) [Venue] Sheesh Mahal [Concept note] More than 700 million people in 43 countries in the world presently live in water stressed conditions. The Water resource endowment...Read More Governance and Management Challenges in Water Use Efficiency More than 700 million people in 43 countries in the world presently live in water stressed conditions. The Water resource endowment and distribution across the world vary spatially and temporally. The problem of inequitable resource endowment is as much an issue as water scarcity. The variations in intra and inter regional vulnerabilities are often on account of geographical location, with greater runoffs in high latitudes and wet tropical region and lower runoffs in the mid – latitudes. Ironically, nearly two thirds of the world’s population resides in areas receiving only one –quarter of the world’s total annual rainfall. Water resource endowment and water use efficiency determine the water security of the region. Resource use efficiency is a function of good governance. Indiscriminate use of water by stakeholders can be attributed to distorted sectoral policies such as irrigation subsidies, nil/low water tariffs, etc. Since many economic sectors are water dependent, inter-sectoral policy implications assume significance. Policies for interlinked sectors should be devised after evaluating sectoral implications in its entirety and this can be achieved only through good governance practices at micro, meso and macro levels for efficient management of natural resources. [Title] 
Governance and Management Challenges in Water Use Efficiency
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