Poverty Analysis in Agricultural Water Operations of the World Bank

Agricultural water has been seen as a
prime mechanism for fostering rural economic growth and
reducing rural poverty. But agricultural water has
encountered problems of performance, profitability and
sustainability. This resulted in a reduction in investments
from governments and lending from development organizations
like the World Bank up to early 2000s. A sourcebook on
improving poverty reduction performance of agricultural
water investments should be prepared to help task teams
assess the poverty reduction role of agricultural water, to
design and implement agricultural water operations
maximizing poverty reduction impacts, and to measure results
more effectively.