This report describes the World Bank's successful interventions in three international river basins-- the Indus, the Mekong, and the Aral Sea --to foster riparian cooperation and agreements. It discusses...
The issue of water use efficiency (WUE) is an important contributor to management strategies needed to address problems of water scarcity and costly new supplies. Increasing water use efficiency has broadened...
For Bank irrigation and drainage (I&D) staff, there are two vital training formats: study tours and the annual irrigation and drainage seminar. Because not all interested staff can attend the I&D seminars...
The Bank has initiated a reassessment of its water management policies and strategies, seeking to achieve a comprehensive approach in its operations. The conceptual framework of the process involves three...
The seven papers which make up this report have been prepared in an attempt to provide background information and guidance to those who are designing agricultural strategies and irrigation investment projects...
With growing environmental awareness, increased attention has been focused on dams and their associated water resources projects. This paper explores the relation between dams and the environment - both...
This volume is a compendium of papers presented at the "Workshop on Technological and Institutional Innovation in Irrigation" held in Washington D.C. in April 1988. The main objective of the workshop was...