This technical note is an update to the previous "Water in the Time of Drought: Lessons from Five Droughts Around the World", published in 2018. It explores drought situations and policies in Spain (including the Canary Islands), Chile, Mexico, the dry corridor between Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Brazil, and South Africa. Each of these countries has recently dealt with droughts and/or developed long-term solutions to manage them. HydroBID, a tool developed by the IDB, will be presented through relevant case studies. After defining drought experiences and institutional frameworks in each country, the brief will explore the successes and challenges of national drought and water management policies. Best practices and lessons learned will be extracted from each case study to help policymakers better prepare for droughts.
Las conversaciones digitales públicas ayudan a entender la manera en que el público, los gobiernos y las empresas proveedoras de servicios mencionan y perciben tópicos importantes como la integridad y la transparencia en el sector de agua y saneamiento. Este informe analiza medios sociales digitales disponibles públicamente, incluyendo artículos de noticias, blogs y tweets, para identificar contenido referido a la integridad y transparencia del agua y saneamiento en América Latina y el Caribe entre enero de 2016 y julio de 2020. El siguiente análisis busca descubrir tendencias, móviles y distribución de estas conversaciones. También se analizan las diferencias entre fuentes (por ejemplo: canales digitales de noticias versus redes sociales) y el impacto que tuvo la pandemia de COVID-19 sobre los tópicos y volumen del debate.
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