Uncharted Waters – More Droughts and Floods than previously Known. Effects. (2017)

Richard Damania, Lead Economist of Water Global Practice, The World Bank. Damania speaks at keynote event October 2017. What are the effects of droughts and floods on firms, farms and families? They are more significant and numerous than previously known. New data reveals how increasingly erratic rainfall, poorly managed water supplies, and deepening water deficits can devastate lives, damage farms and forests, and impact businesses as well as cities.