Kyrgyz Republic: Water Management Improvement Project

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2006 - The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

IDA GRANT: US$19 million

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project has a two-pronged development objective: (i) improving irrigation service delivery and water management for the benefit of a sustainable increase in irrigated agricultural productivity; and (ii) improving national water resource governance for the benefit of water users and the nation as a whole.

For more information, please call Miriam Van Dyck (202) 458-2931 or email mvandyck@worldbank.org

For project documents, visit http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P088671