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  1. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    March, 2017
    Global

    This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on how to ensure that the impact of agricultural investments on water resources is effectively measured, monitored, and regulated.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    June, 2011
    Uganda, Africa

    Over the past 25 years, Uganda has experienced sustained economic growth, supported by a prudent macroeconomic framework and propelled by consistent policy reforms. Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth averaged 7.4 percent in the 2000s, compared with 6.5 in the 1990s. Economic growth has enabled substantial poverty reduction, with the proportion of people living in poverty more than halving from 56 percent in the 1992 to 23.3 percent in 2009. However, welfare improvements have not been shared equally; there is increasing urban rural inequality and inequality between regions.

  3. Library Resource

    The Kosovo-Ibër River Basin and Ibër Lepenc Water System

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    March, 2012
    Kosovo, Europe, Central Asia

    Kosovo is a small and young state that gained an interim United Nations (UN)-administered status in the wake of the Dayton peace accord only in 1999; it declared independence in 2008. Compared to neighboring countries, it is still lacking in its basic infrastructure and its administrative and technical skills. In addition, with the onset of the War in Yugoslavia in 1992 most investment and normal maintenance came to a standstill.

  4. Library Resource

    Application Overview and Review

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    March, 2016
    India, Southern Asia

    This document provides an overview of how water resource software’s (WRS) are used to manage water resources issues, criteria for WRS selection, and a high level review of WRS currently available that central and state governments of India can use for water management. The water resource issues covered include water allocation and planning, flood management, groundwater management, conjunctive use, water quality, and sediment transport.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2008

    This note contains a summary, for practitioners, of the World Bank Law, Justice, and Development Series Book Regulatory Frameworks for Water Resources Management: a comparative study (2006). It examines how the regulatory frameworks in 16 jurisdictions worldwide have addressed the various basic issues related to water resources management, provides a comparative analysis of those issues, and highlights the essential elements of the regulatory frameworks that are emerging in response.

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Argentina

    The study reviews the challenges water
    resources management faces, and the opportunities for policy
    formulation towards sustainable development in Argentina,
    where regardless of prudent public finances management,
    water resources management remain disproportionately
    backward compared to regional, and international best
    practices. Hence, within a frame of reference on the
    country's population, institutions, and legal

  7. Library Resource
    August, 2012

    This Note outlines a larger report
    describing the changing context of demand and supply for
    agricultural water. It identifies the policy, institutional,
    and incentive reform options that will accelerate
    improvements in productivity and pro-poor growth in this
    sector. It articulates priorities for investment and
    indicates options for adjusting the respective roles of the
    public sector and other stakeholders. The report also sets

  8. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Brazil

    This study examines how environmental
    issues have been addressed in the water sector in Brazil,
    within the context of activities of the Federal Government,
    generally, and those implemented under Bank sector
    operations, in particular. The core focus of the study lies
    in the management of water quality, as it affects both the
    users of raw water, and those who are primarily concerned
    with the disposal of wastewater. The report considers the

  9. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    China

    China has very serious water problems
    despite substantial economic development achievements,
    strong technical expertise, and political stability. But in
    terms of its potential and the critical pressing needs for
    water resources management, China could do much better in
    managing its water resources. The World Bank's
    assistance to China in water resources development and
    management in the past has tended to be reactive and

  10. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Africa

    Cooperative management, and development
    of Africa's international rivers holds real promise for
    greater sustainability, and productivity of the
    continent's increasingly scarce water resources, and
    fragile environment. Moreover, the potential benefits of
    cooperative water resources management, can serve as
    catalysts for broader regional cooperation, economic
    integration, and development - and even conflict prevention.

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