Improving water security can avoid up to a 3 percent loss in gross domestic product (GDP) and foster the country’s economic recovery from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. The Colombia’s World Bank water security diagnostic reveals that individuals who are exposed to adverse rainfall during gestation suffer poorer health, as do their mothers. Better management and more efficient use of water is needed to turn the tide on the current...
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2021/08/30
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Colombia - Water : A Strategic Asset for Economic Recovery in Colombia
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Borja-Vega,Christian; Serrano,Hector Alexander; De Groot,Klaas.
Colombia - Water : A Strategic Asset for Economic Recovery in Colombia (Spanish). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/774561630308161711