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Displaying 262 of about 262 resultsThe Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the World Bank launched the flagship infrastructure project in Somalia. The Somali Urban Resilience Project (SURP), worth US $9 million, will be the country’s first national test case for municipal infrastructure delivery.
“The World Bank’s role in Somalia is about working with and through government and…
Four years ago, Aziza Mohammed Abdallah Mukhtar was scraping a living growing tobacco in the community of Zamzam in Sudan’s arid North Darfur State.
Like many Darfuris, Aziza, 52, has lived for decades in a fragile environment, characterized by growing climatic variability and periods of shortage. Her crops took seven months to mature under normal cond…
The National Water Resource Commission (NWRC) has given the green light to a 13-billion-baht plan to combat drought and floods as well as improve drainage and water quality in Thailand's key interprovincial canal, Klong Prem Prachakorn.
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The Royal Irrigation Department began restoration efforts last March when it, together with the private secto…
By Robert Glennon, Professor at the University of Arizona College of Law
The city of Los Angeles’ Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant has long symbolized the absurdity of water policy in the American West. Although the plant generates a volume of water equal to the seventh largest river in the United States, until recently, the city of Los Angeles dumped…
By Jitendra
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In rural areas of [Marathwada in Maharashtra], the government provides water through tankers. There are some villages which get water from more than 100 kilometres (km) away despite the fact that a major water reservoir is located within a radius of 25-30 km.
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Recently, the government increased the rate of tankers without any…
Baghi, 50, lives in a village called “Beb Jobar”, which is located in Tharparkar, the poorest region in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
The region suffers from poor rainfall (average annual rainfall is 9 mm), low levels of groundwater, (250-400 feet), and lack of electricity or frequent power outages, making drinking water a distant dream for the…
Poor infrastructure and a lack of flood prevention measures, along with widespread deforestation, are likely to magnify damage from Irma.
By Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA - Haitian authorities and aid agencies were scrambling on Wednesday to prepare for Hurricane Irma, the strongest Atlantic storm on record, warning it could devastate the country sti…