Global Water Outlook to 2025: Averting an Impending Crisis -- Country Definitions
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Definitions of Regions and Countries in the IMPACT-WATER Model
IFPRI's International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) studies the following 36 countries/country groups:
Developed Regions/Countries (7)
  • Australia
  • European Union: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
  • Japan
  • United States
  • Other developed countries: Canada, Iceland, Israel, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, and Switzerland
  • Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia
  • Rest of the Former Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, and Ukraine.
Developing Regions/Countries (29)
    CENTRAL ASIA
    • Includes: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

    WEST ASIA/NORTH AFRICA (Middle East)

    • Egypt
    • Turkey
    • Other Middle Eastern countries: Algeria, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen

    SOUTH ASIA

    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Other South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

    EAST ASIA

    • China
    • Republic of Korea
    • Other East Asian Countries: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Macao, and Mongolia

    SOUTHEAST ASIA

    • Indonesia
    • Malaysia
    • Myanmar
    • Philippines
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Other Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Cambodia, and Laos
    LATIN AMERICA
    • Argentina
    • Brazil
    • Columbia
    • Mexico
    • Other Latin American countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Para-guay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela

    SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

    • Central and Western Sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros Islands, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Republic), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo
    • Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
    • Nigeria
    • Northern Sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia and Sudan
    • Southern Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

    OTHER (Rest of the World)

    • Islands: Cape Verde, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, and Vanuatu
NOTE: For this model, China is broken down into 9 regional basins, India into 13 basins, and the United States into 14 basins.
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