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Research Questions
- How can globalization and trade liberalization be managed to best enhance environmental policy and the management of water quality and water-related ecosystems?
- What proportion and types of investment should be made in water development versus agricultural research, education, health and nutrition?
- How much money should be invested in dams, taking into account future water needs as well as the financial, social and environmental costs of dam building?
- How can broader goals, including agricultural development, rural livelihoods, food security, water quality, and health and nutrition, best be integrated into international river basin agreements?
- How will changes in global water cycles affect food production and change the ways in which the poor, women and disadvantaged groups access ecosystem services?
- How can global and national policies and institutions prevent or mitigate the negative impacts of changes in global water cycles on water and food security and on the livelihoods of the poor, women and the socially excluded?
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