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Water: Managing Resources and Expanding Access

IDA at Work: Water
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- What is IDA? The World Bank's fund for the world's poorest countries. Learn more

Low-income, IDA countries account for about 80 percent of the most water-poor countries.

Download PDF Download: Managing a Scarce, Shared Resource [PDF, 9p] – 03/07

IDA provided at least 25 million people with access to water and sanitation in 2000-06.

Download PDF Download: Improving Services for the Poor [PDF, 7p] – 03/07

China Loess Plateau ProjectA model for water conservation and combating soil erosion in China's Loess Plateau .

Senegal Urban Water Project98% of Senegalese Have Access to Water in Cities.


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Project Profiles

- More Reliable Water Supply in Armenia's Capital and Municipalities.
- Water Conservation, Battle Against Erosion in China’s Loess Plateau Doubles Incomes
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- Restoring China's Tarim River Basin Lifts Farmers Out of Poverty
- Community-driven Approach Improves Water Access in Rural Ghana
- Soil and Water Conservation in India Increase Yields, Incomes
Mali's Farmers Benefit from Improved Irrigation Along Niger River
- Rebuilding Mozambique’s Urban Water Infrastructure
- Basic Drinking Water and Sanitation for Rwanda’s Rural Communities
- Senegal Attains Highest Urban Water Connection Rate in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Video below)
- Water and Health for Sri Lanka
- Rehabilitated Irrigation Schemes Bring Agriculture Back to Life in Sri Lanka
- River Basin Usage, Irrigation Efficiency Gives a Boost to Tanzanian Farmers
- Just $40 mln from IDA Means Quality Water Supply for 191,000 Ugandans
- Extending Basic Services to Yemen’s Most Remote Communities

Multimedia

Delivering Water to Senegal's Cities: A Photographic Journal, by Arne Hoel. Watch video below.
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