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Water Data Revolution: Closing the data gap for transboundary water in Africa

Acknowledgment ........................................................................................................... 3

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 6
2. Water Data Revolution Program ................................................................................. 10

2.1 Objectives and goals ............................................................................................. 10

2.2 Structure ............................................................................................................. 11

3. Pillar A – Assessment of Current Status of End-users and Identification of the Needs........ 12

4. Pillar B – Inception Workshops and Capacity Building ................................................... 16
5. Pillar C – Adapting Innovative Tools for WRM .............................................................. 18

5.1. Understanding Water Accounting (WA): Benefits and Methodology ....................... 18

5.2. Selection of participating RBOs ......................................................................... 21

5.3. Characteristics of selected RBOs ........................................................................ 22
5.4. Developing a Water Accounting Dashboard: The Process ...................................... 24

5.5. Technical aspects of the WA Dashboard ............................................................. 25

6. Insights and Strategic Pathways from the Water Data Revolution Project ........................ 33

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