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Water Management in Agriculture : Ten Years of World Bank Assistance, 1994-2004
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
scope of evaluation to include all water lending for agricultural development. Since that first study, the proportion of … World Bank lending for agricultural water management continued to decline, a trend that started in the late 1970s when the … recovery and reached over 4 percent in 2005. Commitments for agricultural water management account for a quarter of all lending …
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Water and Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 1997-2007, Volume 1
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
The amount of available water has been constant for millennia, but over time the planet has added 6 billion people …. Water is essential to human life and enterprise, and the increasing strains on available water resources threaten the … resources available and the societal requirement for water. In this evaluation the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) examines …
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Water and Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 1997-2007, Volume 2. Appendixes
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
The amount of available water has been constant for millennia, but over time the planet has added 6 billion people …. Water is essential to human life and enterprise, and the increasing strains on available water resources threaten the … resources available and the societal requirement for water. In this evaluation the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012561120
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World Bank Support for Irrigation Service Delivery : Responding to Emergent Challenges and Opportunities
Independent Evaluation Group - 2019
driving demand for agricultural production, water scarcity, and variability in water precipitation. These factors include … population growth and urbanization leading to increasing demand for agricultural products, and greater competition for water … resources from domestic and industrial users. Untreated urban wastewater released into water bodies affects irrigation water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497565
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A Thirst for Change : The World Bank Group's Support for Water Supply and Sanitation, with Focus on the Poor
Independent Evaluation Group - 2017
sustained water and sanitation services in client countries. It also examines how well the Bank Group is equipped to support the … countries in moving toward sustained water and sanitation services for all, with a focus on the poor, in keeping with … in global water and sanitation services, and the World Bank Group's response has been inadequate. Securing financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497597
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Poverty Reduction Support Credits : An Evaluation of World Bank Support
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
The goal of Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), introduced in early 2001 under World Bank Interim guidelines, was to help countries implement comprehensive, country-owned development strategies to promote growth, improve social conditions, and reduce poverty. PRSCs were intended to ease...
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Analyzing the Effects of Policy Reforms on the Poor : An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of World Bank Support to Poverty and Social Impact Analyses
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
The current global financial and economic crises are likely to put enormous pressure on governments to respond with immediate measures and to undertake far-reaching reforms in the medium term, requiring a substantial increase in donor support. To protect the poor and enhance benefits to them,...
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What Can We Learn from Nutrition Impact Evaluations? Lessons from a Review of Interventions to Reduce Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This paper reviews recent impact evaluations of interventions and programs to improve child anthropometric outcomes- height, weight, and birth weight-with an emphasis on both the findings and the limitations of the literature and on understanding what might happen in a non-research setting. It...
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An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 2002-08 : Gender and Development
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This evaluation, which covers the period fiscal 2002-08, finds that the Bank made progress in gender integration, compared with an earlier evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) on gender covering the period fiscal 1990-99. Gender integration into Bank support increased both in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012561146
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Improving Effectiveness and Outcomes for the Poor in Health, Nutrition, and Population : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support since 1997
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This evaluation aims to inform the implementation of the most recent the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) health, nutrition, and population (HNP) strategies to enhance the effectiveness of future support. It covers the period since fiscal year 1997 and is based on desk...
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