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An assessment of policies, institutions and regulations for water harvesting, solar energy, and groundwater in Jordan

A review and gap analysis

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 65 p.

Author Salman, M. ; Casarotto, C. ; Bucciarelli, M. ; Losacco, M.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-130337-5

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report constitutes part of the project GCP/JOR/018/SWI: “Reduce vulnerability in Jordan in the context of water scarcity and increasing food/energy demand” project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation (SDC). The objective of this report is to address project output 4: “Prepared appropriate long-term policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks to facilitate the adoption and scale-up of the three-pronged approach and integrate it within national food-water-energy related policies/ strategies and programmes”, activity 1: “Review and evaluate previous strategies related to individual components of three-pronged approach in the region”. The report constitutes a review of the key institutional actors, regulatory frameworks and policies in the water harvesting, solar energy and ground water sectors, and an analysis of the corresponding policy and institutional gaps.

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