From 1994 to 2018, USAID was one of the largest donors in the infrastructure sector in the West Bank and Gaza.
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- ReportIncreasing demand for agricultural crops has put an increased strain on limited freshwater resources in Jordan and Palestine.
- Interagency StoryThe Middle East Regional Irrigation Management Information System (MERIMIS) project is a quadrilateral effort to help farmers better manage scarce water resources. Started in 2003, MERIMIS involves the U.S.
- Interagency StoryWith funding from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has trained nearly 30 journalists from the Nile Basin and across the Middle East on a variety of water issues.
- Interagency StoryThrough a cooperative program with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), the U.S. Water Partnership (USWP) has deployed U.S.
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- InfographicThe Middle East and North Africa has less than two percent of the world’s renewable water supply. In fact, it is the world’s driest region, threatening sustainable agriculture, hydration, and sanitation.
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- ActivityUSAID has supported the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health in its development of the public health sector since the ministry was established in 1994.
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