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It frames the challenge as both resource and political, emphasizing that sustainable management cannot rely only on expanding water supply through infrastructure. The overview highlights the need for institutional reforms covering financing, operations and maintenance, and demand-side regulation, and points to weak utility cost recovery across MENA as a key constraint on effective policy implementation.","OVERVIEW  \nAuthorized  \nPublic Disclosure Author ized Public Disclosure  \nThe Economics of Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa  \nINSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS  \nDominick de Waal Stuti Khemani Andrea Barone Edoardo Borgomeo  \nPub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized  \nOVERVIEW  \nThe Economics of Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa  \nInstitutional Solutions  \nDominick de Waal, Stuti Khemani, Andrea Barone, Edoardo Borgomeo  \nThis booklet contains the overview from The Economics of Water Scarcity in the Middle East and  \nNorth Africa: Institutional Solutions, doi: 10. 1596/978-1-4648-1739-7. 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