Documents et rapports

Invisible Bonds : Transboundary Resilience Building in the Horn of Africa - Lessons from World Bank Regional Projects and Advisory Services and Analytics (anglais)

The Horn of Africa (HoA) is characterized by the paradox of being both integrated and isolated. The bonds of togetherness run deep among HoA countries, especially in the transboundary areas. Manifested...

Concept Project Information Document (PID) - Horn of Africa - Ground Water for Resilience - P174867 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Integrated Water Resources Management in Ten Basins - P151851 - Sequence No : 02 (anglais)

Peru - Integrated Water Resources Management in Ten Basins : P151851 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (anglais)

Droughts in Brazil : proactive policy and management : Secas no Brasil : política e gestão (portugais)

As with many countries, droughts are often managed as a crisis in Brazil, rather than events for which officials and communities proactively prepare. Although droughts are not new to Brazil, the recent...

Search a new paradigm for drought management in Northeast: drought monitor : Monitor de Secas do Nordeste, em busca de um novo paradigma para a gestão de secas (English|Portuguese)

Safety of dams : engineering at the service of society : Segurança de barragens : engenharia a serviço da sociedade (portugais)

Brazil Water Series is the result of a joint work by the World Bank and its national partners since 2003. It raises issues and discusses solutions to the main problems on the water resources agenda in...

Challenges of social management of public irrigation perimeters : an evaluation of experiences in Northeastern Brazil : Desafios da gestão social dos perímetros públicos de irrigação : uma avaliação de experiências no Nordeste do Brasil (portugais)

Melhora da Resiliência às Secas em Pequenos Açudes de Usos Múltiplos no Nordeste do Brasil : A Experiência de Cruzeta (portugais)

A shared vision for the Cutzamala system : a model basin in water management (anglais)

The Cutzamala system is a complex inter-basin transfer built in three stages, from the late 1970s to 1994, to supply water from the Cutzamala River to the Mexico City metropolitan area (MCMA) and to the...

Dam safety in Brazil : when engineering serves society (anglais)

Over the course of history, dams have captivated the interest of society at large. Used to store large amounts of water, dams are also constructed to control flood waters and generate hydroelectricity...

Brazil - Living with the semi-arid and proactive drought management in Northeast Brazil : a new perspective : Living with the semi-arid and proactive drought management in Northeast Brazil : a new perspective (anglais)

The majority of Northeast Brazil falls within the semi-arid zone, an area that is defined by both a minimal amount of annual rainfall (i.e., 800 millimeters per year on average) and a concentration of...

Cutzamala - Comprehensive diagnostics : Cutzamala - Diagnostico integral (espagnol)

Brazil - BR Federal Integrated Water - Interaguas : P112073 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 06 (anglais)

Brazil - Living with the semi-arid and proactive drought management in Northeast Brazil : a new perspective : Convivência com o Semiárido e Gestão proativa da seca no Nordeste do Brasil: Uma nova Perspectiva (portugais)

The majority of Northeast Brazil falls within the semi-arid zone, an area that is defined by both a minimal amount of annual rainfall (i.e., 800 millimeters per year on average) and a concentration of...

Brazil - BR Federal Integrated Water - Interaguas : P112073 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 05 (anglais)

Empowering women in irrigation management : the case of the gender pilot plan in Peru (anglais)

The aim of this case study is to highlight, within the context of a gender pilot of the Peru Sierra Irrigation Project, how women's different needs were identified to facilitate their access to training...

Dam safety in Brazil : when engineering serves society : Segurança de Barragens no Brasil: Engenharia de um serviço da sociedade (portugais)

Over the course of history, dams have captivated the interest of society at large. Used to store large amounts of water, dams are also constructed to control flood waters and generate hydroelectricity...

Dam safety in Brazil : when engineering serves society : La seguridad de las presas en Brasil : ingenieria al servicio de la sociedad (espagnol)

Over the course of history, dams have captivated the interest of society at large. Used to store large amounts of water, dams are also constructed to control flood waters and generate hydroelectricity...

Impacto das mudanças do clima e projeções de Demanda sobre o processo de alocação de água em Duas bacias do nordeste semiárido (portugais)

The Water Series Brazil is the result of joint work over the past years by the World Bank and its national partners. It raised and discussed key issues for solving some of the major problems of water resources...