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

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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.

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.

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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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