Publication: The Water Portfolio of the World Bank: Insights from a Review of Fiscal Year 2011
Abstract
This report presents insights from the
FY11 review of the World Bank s water portfolio. The report
includes a methodological section followed by reviews of
four broad areas: the water related commitments managed by
the World Bank Group (WBG) for FY011; the water-related
commitments of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD) and of the International Development
Association (IDA) for FY11; water-related projects approved
in FY11; and analytic and advisory activities (AAA), in
particular economic and sector work (ESW) and technical
assistance (TA), delivered in FY11. The focus of the report
is on the new IBRD and IDA commitments in FY11, which are
analyzed not only based on data provided in the World Bank s
project database but also with data generated by reviewing
the Project Appraisal Documents (PADs) using a newly
developed questionnaire. Some of the key findings of the
FY11 review are the following: Water-related IBRD and IDA
commitments comprised about 95% of the overall WBG managed
commitments for water. From FY02 to FY11 they grew more than
five-fold, from US$1.3 billion to US$7.4 billion largely
driven by increased commitments for water supply and
sanitation. In FY11 a total of 105 water-related IBRD and
IDA projects were approved. Commitments by region were
largest for the East Asia and Pacific Region (EAP) and the
South Asia Region (SAR) with 30% and 29%, respectively. With
regard to the number of projects, Africa was by far the
leading Region with 33 projects. Of the 105 water-related
projects, only 22% were mapped to the Water Sector Board
(WAT) and most of these were water supply and sanitation projects.
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Citation
“Scheierling, Susanne M.; Lyon, Kimberly N.. 2013. The Water Portfolio of the World Bank: Insights from a Review of Fiscal Year 2011. Water Papers;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22617 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”