02776nam 22004455 450 991082003310332120230124195825.01-4648-1485-610.1596/978-1-4648-1459-4(CKB)4100000009444374(MiAaPQ)EBC5915566(The World Bank)21180535(US-djbf)21180535(EXLCZ)99410000000944437420190903d2020 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierQuality unknown : The invisible water crisis /Richard Damania, Sebastien Desbureaux, Aude-Sophie Rodella, Jason Russ, Esha ZaveriWashington :World Bank Group,2020.1 online resource (pages cm)1-4648-1459-7 "Water quantity-too much in the case of floods, or too little in the case of droughts-grabs public attention and the media spotlight. Water quality-being predominantly invisible and hard to detect-goes largely unnoticed. Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis presents new evidence and new data that call urgent attention to the hidden dangers lying beneath water's surface. It shows how poor water quality stalls economic progress, stymies human potential, and reduces food production. Quality Unknown examines the effects of water quality on economic growth and finds upstream pollution lowers growth in downstream regions. It reveals that some of the most ubiquitous contaminants in water, such as nitrates and salt, have impacts that are larger, deeper, and wider than has been acknowledged. And it traces the damage to crop yields and the stark implications for food security in affected regions. An important step toward tackling the world's water quality challenge is recognizing its scale. The world needs reliable, accurate, and comprehensive information so that policy makers can have new insights, decision making can be evidence based, and citizens can call for action. The report calls for a paradigm shift that emphasizes safer, and often more cost-effective remedies that prevent pollution by combining smarter policies with newer technologies. A key message of Quality Unknown is that such solutions exist and change is possible"--Provided by publisher.World Bank e-Library.Political sciencePolitical science.320Damania Richard1610135Desbureaux SebastienRodella Aude-SophieRuss JasonZaveri EshaDLCDLCBOOK9910820033103321Quality unknown4027205UNINA