Applying For-Profit Principles in Water Management and Agricultural Policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Policy Brief

Author: Mohamad M. Al-Ississ, Former Research Fellow 2008-2009, The Dubai Initiative

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Dubai Initiative

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Through its partnerships with the government, the agricultural sector in the MENA has long engaged in dubious accounting practices to raise its reported profits through artificially suppressing its costs. This has led to the current unsustainable exploitation of the scarce water resources in the region.

Al-Ississ Policy Brief (1.1 MB PDF)

For more information about this publication please contact the The Dubai Initiative at 617-496-3694.

For Academic Citation:

Al-Ississ, Mohamad. "Applying For-Profit Principles in Water Management and Agricultural Policy in the Middle East and North Africa." Policy Brief, Dubai Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, November 2009.

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