In 2012, the Lower Mekong Basin countries—the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia, and Viet Nam—faced the need to balance ecosystem protection with infrastructure development, particularly in hydropower...
This Evaluation Insight Note (EIN) aims to contribute to the World Bank’s goal of encouraging the use of data, digital technology, and innovation towards transforming agri-food systems in client countries...
This report presents an overview of policies, institutions, and regulations (PIR) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector for three countries in the Caucasus region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia...
There is an urgent need for addressing the water security related challenges in Azerbaijan given the increasing water scarcity, mainly due to high dependence on transboundary water sources. The water scarcity...
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...
The development objective of Improvement and Rehabilitation of Irrigation Systems Project for Kosovo is to increase the efficiency of water utilization and boost agricultural productivity in the project...
In response to the government of Bangladesh’s strong commitment to a sustainable and diversified agriculture sector, the World Bank has been supporting the government to enhance agriculture productivity...
The development objective of the Resilient Agriculture, Irrigation, and Land Project for Georgia is to: (a) improve irrigation, and drainage (I and D) services, and agricultural production in project areas;...
The objective of the Resilient Agriculture, Irrigation, and Land Project for Georgia is to (a) improve irrigation, drainage services, and agricultural production in project areas and (b) strengthen national...
This paper reviews published evidence of irrigation impact to provide insights and lessons for operation and policy. It provides a general typology for considering the wide range of mechanisms through...
Accelerating impacts from climate change have added to severe drought and flood cycles in South Africa, worsened by COVID-19 impacts on the economy, rising unemployment and escalating food prices. The...
The project intends to improve agricultural water productivity to obtain more value from water supplies affected by climate change, induced disasters. By improving the institutional framework for IWRM...
While agriculture remains the mainstay for a large share of the population in Sudan, and rural poverty has seen a dramatic decrease (between 2009 and 2014/15), poverty remains relatively high among those...
The demand for more efficient use of land and water resources to enable farmers to produce food using climate-resilient processes continues to grow in the face of a growing global population and the impacts...
The government of Tanzania has re-energized the agricultural sector as a primary driver of inclusive economic growth and rural jobs, but productivity remains low, and agricultural potential is yet to be...
Ratings for the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project for Pakistan were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was satisfactory and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality...