/isid/taxonomy/term/360/all en /isid/channels/news/isid-policy-paper-preparing-looming-water-crisis-lessons-learned-covid-19-middle-east-and-north-322050 <p>The challenge of water security is growing globally. Achieving and sustaining water security, in both developed and developing countries, is likely to increase in complexity and priority as climate change intensifies, but also as the demands of economic growth increase. For most MENA countries that were already facing water security and major social, health and economic challenges before COVID-19, this additional pressure is particularly excruciating. Like COVID-19 and climate change, water scarcity in MENA is a global problem that requires collective action.</p> Wed, 06 May 2020 14:17:50 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1435 at /isid /isid/article/spotlight/spotlight-development-research-francesco-amodio <p>Francesco Amodio joined Æ»¹ûÒùÔº in 2015 as Assistant Professor, jointly appointed by the Department of Economics and ISID. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. He is a development economist specialized in quantitative methods. His research program is organized around two main pillars. One of them is the study of the constraints faced by firms and public organizations in developing countries. His past research has mainly focused on the operations of privately owned firms in Latin America and the Middle East.</p> Tue, 21 May 2019 17:45:21 +0000 Latitude 1382 at /isid