You can use IPCC SREX regions as theDomains considered in regional analyses based on the definition used in the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation:
Seneviratne S I, Corti T, Davin E L, Hirschi M, Jaeger E B, Lehner I, Orlowsky B. Teuling A J. Investigating soil moisture-climate interactions in a changing climate: A review. Earth Sci. Rev. 2010;99(3-4):125–161. and, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.02.004.
If you are after potential evapotranspiration then CRUT3.21 global dataset is available at .5 deg resolution for 1900-2012 period. See https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/cru-ts321-gridded-precipitation-and-other-meteorological-variables-1901.
For evapotranspiration data & trends please see new paper in Nature's Scientific Reports - Multi decadal trends in global terrestrial evapotranspiration and its components. http://www.nature.com/articles/srep19124 free download