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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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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 …
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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 …
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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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Assessing IFC's Poverty Focus and Results
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
Growth is good for the poor, but the impact of growth on poverty reduction depends on both the pace and the pattern of growth. A pattern of growth that enhances the ability of poor women and men to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from growth should not come at the expense of a slower...
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Capturing Technology for Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 1. The Evaluation
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
Technological innovation drives economic progress. Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be leveraged for development, but harnessing this potential depends on an enabling environment for their production, diffusion, and use. Otherwise, technology can widen rather than narrow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550506
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Capturing Technology for Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
Technological innovation drives economic progress. Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be leveraged for development, but harnessing this potential depends on an enabling environment for their production, diffusion, and use. Otherwise, technology can widen rather than narrow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550507
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Results and Performance of the World Bank Group : Volume II. Management Action Records for World Bank, IFC, and MIGA
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
Over the past year, the response to the global financial crisis has continued to dominate development and the work of international institutions, including the World Bank Group. Challenges of poverty and fragile states, environment, and climate change remain daunting. But the manner in which...
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Cost-Benefit Analysis in World Bank Projects
Independent Evaluation Group - 2012
This report has been prepared in the context of a major global effort in the past eight years to better measure results in development assistance. The agenda for this effort was articulated and refined in a series of international conferences, beginning with the international conference on...
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