The objective of this report is to assess the feasibility of valuing water as a natural capital asset in at least 150 countries for possible inclusion in CWON. Water represents a portfolio of assets, including...
Depletion of groundwater is a major challenge in India. This paper examines how a major rural public works program (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005) that financed the construction...
In major parts of the world, irrigation development has reached its limits in terms of land and water resources, as evident in the alarming overexploitation of groundwater resources and the deterioration...
At the global level, groundwater can buffer a third of the losses in economic growth caused by droughts and can protect cities against day-zero-type events. It is especially important for agriculture...
The development objective of the Second Phase of the Sustainable Groundwater Management in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Member States Project for Eastern and Southern Africa is to develop...
At the global level, groundwater can buffer a third of the losses in economic growth caused by droughts and can protect cities against day-zero-type events. It is especially important for agriculture...
This report focuses on data from a survey of 10,000 farmers across Punjab, conducted in May and June 2022, which establishes four key stylized facts about groundwater irrigation in Punjab Province, where...
This is a companion volume to “Seeing the Invisible: A Strategic Report on Groundwater Quality,” which explains why groundwater quality is so important to managers of development programs in the World...
This report describes why, and how, groundwater quality is vital to human health, agriculture, industry and the environment. In turn, this explains why it is so important to World Bank staff and clients...
This policy brief highlights the key messages for policy makers from the World Bank report “Seeing the Invisible: A Strategic Report on Groundwater Quality” (Ravenscroft and Lytton 2022a). This report...
Ratings of AFCRI-Sustainable Groundwater Management Project for Eastern Africa were as follows: outcome was satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality was substantial...