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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814567903321

Autore

Pitman George Keith <1945->

Titolo

Water management in agriculture : : ten years of World Bank assistance, 1994-2004

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2007

ISBN

1-280-85767-6

9786610857678

0-8213-6905-9

Descrizione fisica

pages cm

Collana

Independent evaluation group study

Disciplina

333.91/3

Soggetti

Economic development projects - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-116).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Program Map; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Executive Summary; Management Comments: Summary; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE); 1 Introduction; 2 The Scope of the Bank's Regional Program Support; Tables; Figures; Boxes; 3 When Does a Regional Approach Make Sense?; 4 How Well Have Bank-Supported Regional Programs Worked?; 5 Factors of Effective Program Design and Implementation; 6 The Bank's Performance in Support of Regional Programs; 7 Findings and Recommendations; Appendixes; Endnotes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The need to promote increased trade, prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, and ensure adequate water resources are some of the development challenges generating interest in increased regional and sub-regional cooperation. This evaluation seeks to provide guidance on when it is desirable for the Bank to support activities on a regional level, and assesses the effectiveness of both regional programs and the Bank's role in supporting them. It comes at a time of increasing interest in regional development programs, supported by recent theoretical work on regional public goods and regional trading arrang