Documents & Reports
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Can Participatory Groundwater Management Enhance Drought Resilience? The Case of the Andhra Pradesh Farmer-Managed Groundwater Systems Project (English)
This paper investigates whether the proactive involvement of local communities in the management of groundwater can help build drought resilience, using the case of the Andhra Pradesh (AP) Farmer Managed...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145389 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reddy,V. Ratna,Reddy,M. Srinivasa
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Managing Groundwater for Drought Resilience in South Asia : Delivered under the South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI) Regional Cross-Cutting Knowledge, Dialogue, and Cooperation Focus Area (English)
This report presents the findings of a diagnostic study examining pathways and options for strengthening the governance of South Asia’s groundwater resources in the face of climate change and increasing...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145533 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lytton,Lucy,Garthwaite,Bill
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Mitigating Floods for Managing Droughts through Aquifer Storage : An Examination of Two Complementary Approaches (English)
Interventions that are robust, cost effective, and scalable are in critical demand throughout South Asia to offset growing water scarcity and avert increasingly frequent water-related disasters. This case...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145391 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pavelic,Paul
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Groundwater Governance and Adoption of Solar-Powered Irrigation Pumps : Experiences from the Eastern Gangetic Plains (English)
Solar-powered irrigation pumps (SPIPs) have been promoted in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) in recent decades, but rates of adoption are low. This case study assesses the evidence from several solar...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145390 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bastakoti,Ram,Raut,Manita,Thapa,Bhesh Raj
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Groundwater and Surface Water in the Mega-Irrigation Systems of Pakistan : The Case for Conjunctive Management (English)
Groundwater use has increased across Pakistan, nowhere more than in the large canal-irrigated areas of the Indus basin irrigation system (IBIS). These mega-irrigation systems use surface water and groundwater...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145386 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Van Steenbergen,Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria
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Pro-Poor Groundwater Development : The Case of the Barind Experiment in Bangladesh (English)
The Barind region, a water-stressed area in northwest Bangladesh, had an underdeveloped agricultural economy and high levels of poverty until two projects revitalized the area with enhanced groundwater...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145384 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Banerjee,Partha Sarathi,De Silva,Sanjiv
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Groundwater Management in Balochistan, Pakistan : A Case Study of Karez Rehabilitation (English)
Balochistan is an arid region with limited and seasonal surface water resources. It is also home to the ancient Karez water supply system that has long served as a buffer against droughts. About one-third...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145387 Document Date: January 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ashraf,Muhammad,ul Hasan,Faizan
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Drought-Proofing through Groundwater Recharge : Lessons from Chief Ministers’ Initiatives in Four Indian States (English)
Indian agricultural communities are facing a crisis driven by, among other things, skewed terms of trade and farmers’ inability to deal with increasingly adverse climatic conditions. Because agriculture...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 145448 Document Date: June 10, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Verma,Shilp,Shah,Manisha