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FEMISE RESEARCH PROGRAMME

2002-2004

Modeling the water economy of the Jordan River Basin

Research n°FEM21-02 Directed By Bernd Lucke, University of Hamburg, Germany and Michiel A. Keyzer, Centre for World Food Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands

In collaboration with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Development Cooperation)

December 2004

Ce rapport a été réalisé avec le soutien financier de la Commission des Communautés Européennes. Les opinions exprimées dans ce texte n’engagent que les auteurs et ne reflètent pas l’opinion officielle de la Commission.

This report has been drafted with financial assistance from the Commission of the European Communities. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and therefore in no way reflect the official opinions of the Commission.

Femise Coordinators
Economic Research Forum
For the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey
C AISSE D EPARGN E
PROVENCE -ALPES - CORSE

Institut de la Méditerranée

Modeling the water economy of the Jordan River Basin

Michiel A. Keyzer Ben G.J.S. Sonneveld Bart van den Boom Harold Houba December 2004 Study conducted by Centre for World Food Studies, Vrije Universiteit

DRAFT
Final report for the project: Regional Integration and Resource Use in the Middle East: Oil, Water and the Need for Peace Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes (FEMISE)/ Grant FEM21-02

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Contents

1 Introduction________________________________________________

__________ 1 1.1 Background of the project _____________________________________________ 1 1.2 Project team ________________________________________________________ 2 1.3 Overview of the paper ________________________________________________ 2 2 Problematique ________________________________________________________ 5 2.1 The water shortage in the region and scope for its alleviation _________________ 5 2.2 Geography of the Jordan River Basin ___________________________________ 12 2.3