1. Reaching the Rural Poor Framework for The Rural Development Strategy of The World Bank Water Discussion Draft -

2. Rural Development Strategy Update
Overview of Rural Development Strategy Update
Rural Development Strategy Update
1. Increase poverty focus
2. Strengthen rural policies
and rural
institutions
3. Improve
access to social and
economic infrastructure
6. Improve natural resource & environm‘l management
5. Enhance rural non-agricultural and
private sector activity
4. Facilitate agricultural growth
and competitive-ness
Strategic
Objectives
Action:
Revised Action Plans
for each region
Thematic Initiatives across the rural family
Implementation:
IMPLEMENTATION
Context:
Global Challenges
Lessons Learned
Regional Strategies
Goals:
Improving
the economic and social well-being of rural people
food security
Ensuring sustainable use of natural resources
R u r a l P o v e r t y R e d u c t i o n
Mission:

3. Goal 3 Ensuring Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
Reducing the rate of soil erosion, desertification, waterlogging, salinization, and use of agricultural technologies that are harmful to the natural resource base.
Remove distortions leading to unjustified loss of prime agricultural land to urbanization.
Improve incentives for water use and for better delivery performance.
Increasing agricultural productivity to avoid expanding food production into presently forested areas.
Fully integrating sustainable natural resource management into rural development.

4. Facilitate Agricultural Growth and Competitiveness
Strategic Objective 4

5. Facilitate Agricultural Growth and Competitiveness
Strategic Objective 4

6. Improve National Resource and Environmental Management
Strategic Objective 6
The increased relevance of water is recognized in the new strategy:
A critical resource for development, water is a looming crisis, especially for poor countries if present practices continue
Increased resource degradation in upper basins and sustainability
less water is a severe limitation for global and national food security
Need more crop per drop (Double productivity in 30 years)
Rural poor lack water and sanitation services
Water management contributes directly to reduce vulnerability, poverty alleviation, local food security and access to natural resources
Watersheds and river flows (riverine ecology) must be protected

7. Improve National Resource and Environmental Management
Strategic Objective 6
Approach:
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
Basin-level comprehensive management
cross-sectoral integration
multi-stakeholder participation
Re-visioning irrigation and drainage
Use economic and financial instruments
More private sector
user organizations
water service companies
Build policy and regulatory capacity in government
Participation of stakeholders

8. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
Basin-level comprehensive management
cross-sectoral integration
multi-stakeholder participation
Use economic and financial instruments
More private sector
Water markets
user organizations
water service companies
Build policy and regulatory capacity in government
Participation of Stakeholders

9. Watershed Management Projects: The New Generation
Integrated water-soil-forest management for poverty alleviation and sustainability of natural resources.
Watershed Management Projects: The New Generation
Small portfolio (6% of rural) but growing
New good practices in all regions
Lessons for: institutions, technologies, participation and incentives
What to do:
more projects
more learning and dissemination

10. Re-visioning Irrigation and Drainage
Improving I&D services..
Getting the right balance.
Institutions-Infrastructure-Technology
The pillars
Develop Production Systems for Irrigated Agriculture.
Water: Rights and Quality of Drainage Disposal.
Support Access of Irrigation and Drainage Technology to Small-holders.
Promote more Investment, especially from Private Sector.

11. Improving I&D Institutions
Reforming I&D Institutions
Institutional Reform
Building a platform for change
Promoting Diversity
Enacting Regulation
Setting the right Incentives/Prices
Benchmarking for continuos improvement
Investment in infrastructure
New Systems,
Modernizing Existing I&D Infrastructure
Promoting non-farm activities
Adopting Technology
On farm
Off farm

12. Increasing output under water scarcity and changing markets
Production Systems for Irrigated Agriculture Increasing output under water scarcity and changing markets
Increase Research on new “water-efficient” plants and production systems
Adjust cropping patterns to Global Trade, prices and new market opportunities
Study production systems for irrigated agriculture.
Pilot country studies.
High value crops and diversification;
Controlled agricultural environment and green houses;
Effluent water and recycling;
Modern methods of water delivery and management of low quality water; and
Assistance/capacity needs for semi-subsistence farmers for their transformation.

13. Water Rights and Drainage Discharge. Attaining sustainable operations
Link to River Basin Management
Define water rights for systems and individuals
Consider Drainage disposal and reuse
Use multi-criteria analysis for New storage
Improved reservoir operation for sediment management and ecosystem restoration for existing storage
Attending Environmental security issues
salt management
flood management
environmental flows (riverine ecology)
Water Rights and Drainage Discharge. Attaining sustainable operations

14. Poor Irrigation-Farmers
Focus on reaching small-scale farmers with affordable irrigation and drainage technologies
Promote networking, technological innovation and adaptation for smallholders
Document successful experiences
Stimulate market oriented approach and private sector
Establish Pilot projects in selected countries
Formulate a Business Plan to scale up Bank Operations
Irrigation Technology for Smallholders. Reaching the Poor Irrigation-Farmers

15. Promoting more Investment Specially from Private Sector.
Defining Levels/size of private sector entry
Adequate Water fee
Managing risks
long term stability in rights
markets and prices
natural events
Enacting effective regulation framework
Definition of roles/responsibilities
Prices/ Incentives
Laws , by-laws, Agreements
Regulations: for resource, product, service
Promoting meaningful participation and partnerships
Stimulating Vertical Integration
Promoting more Investment Specially from Private Sector.

16. Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
Water and Sanitation for the Poor
High % of rural population without services
And the Urban-Rural gap is still growing ?
Impact in health specially children mortality
Participatory community driven approach
Capacity building WSP
Increasing lending through social funds
More effort needed in future programs
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

17. The Updated Rural Development Strategy
Implementation of
The Updated Rural Development Strategy
Implementation
Bank Comparative Advantage in Rural Development
Knowledge and experience
Finance and policy mix
Leverage with donors and other international institutions
Power to convene
Integrating sectoral, regional and global views in support of a Comprehensive Development Framework and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers.

18. Implementation What needs to be done to achieve our objective:
1. Flexible and innovative approaches to projects in addition to the expansion of current best practices:
increased reliance on community driven development;
use of multi-sectoral lending approach where appropriate;
select instruments according to client readiness and conditions; and
greater participation in poverty assessments to ensure better diagnosis, strategy, and design of proposed interventions.
2. Obtain Bank management support for implementing the updated strategy, and secure their commitment to hold country directors accountable for reaching rural strategy objectives.
3. Regional and national strategies used as the framework of implementation.
4. Multi-sectoral “RURAL ALLIANCE” created on Bank- and regional levels plays coordinating and monitoring role.
Implementation

19. Country Partnership in Implementation
National Rural Development Strategies
critical framework of implementation to build consensus between the Country, the Bank, and other donors
developed by country-ownership
consistent with national policies and international commitments
integrated with the country’s sustainable development strategies (e.g., CDF, PRSP) and the CAS
contain holistic and intersectoral approaches
build on strong partnership and participation of all stakeholders in the country

20. Donor Partnership in Implementation
shared mission of poverty reduction
improved understanding of commitments and comparative advantages
development of a coherent joint approach
enhanced collaboration in project development and implementation
mutual risk sharing in poverty reduction - matching donor grant with IBRD financing
improved exchange of information and learning about success that might have broader applicability

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