Poverty Analysis in Agricultural Water Operations of the World Bank

Darghouth, Salah ; Ward, Christopher ; Gittinger, Price ; Roux, Julienne ; Srivastava, Animesh

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT;    AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT;    AGRICULTURAL WATER;    APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY;    CANAL IRRIGATION;   

RP-ID  :  47314

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Agricultural water has been seen as aprime mechanism for fostering rural economic growth andreducing rural poverty. But agricultural water hasencountered problems of performance, profitability andsustainability. This resulted in a reduction in investmentsfrom governments and lending from development organizationslike the World Bank up to early 2000s. A sourcebook onimproving poverty reduction performance of agriculturalwater investments should be prepared to help task teamsassess the poverty reduction role of agricultural water, todesign and implement agricultural water operationsmaximizing poverty reduction impacts, and to measure resultsmore effectively.