Publication: Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project
Date
2005-09
ISSN
Published
2005-09
Author(s)
Ba, Amadou Omar
Abstract
This article, extracted from an
Implementation Completion Report, centers on the Mauritania
Natural Resources Management Project ( Projet de Gestion des
Ressources Naturelles en Zones Pluviales - PGRNP ) (
1998-2003 ), which had two specific objectives : 1)
empowering rural communities, i.e., providing skills to
organize and manage common resources, and obtain access to
financing; and (2) improving the institutional environment
in the rural sector, including securing access to natural
resources. Lessons learned from this project including the
need for a critical mass of investment activities in
communities and adequate time to build community capacity;
transparent, well-publicized procedures to neutralize
political interference and cornering by the elite; baseline
data and a functional monitoring and evaluation system;
decentralized project management; and using mass media communications.
Citation
“Ba, Amadou Omar. 2005. Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 116. © http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/83036ace-cd17-5ae6-ab51-03a44ed010e7 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”