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The World Bank water programmes and its water unit reflect the Bank’s long-term water resources management policy, focusing on freshwater, coastal and marine resource management, integrating an ecological dimension into water resources management from the upper watershed to the coastal zone. Water resources management projects include investments for: urban, rural, industrial and agricultural water supplies; sewerage treatment; flood control; irrigation and drainage; hydropower; and navigation projects.
Activities in catchment areas can include forestry, mining and construction, and industrial discharge and agricultural runoff.
The projects fall into 10 main areas: coastal and marine management; dams and reservoirs; groundwater; irrigation and drainage; river basin
management; transboundary water management; water and environment; water economics and institutions; water supply and sanitation; and watershed management.
Areas of expertise: Development assistance, economic growth, poverty eradication
Key publications and resources:
World Development Report
World Development Indicators
Global Development Finance
Global Economic Prospects
Website: http://www.worldbank.org
Media contacts:
Caroline Anstey
World Bank Spokesperson
1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433
Tel: +1-202-473-1800
Fax: +1-202-522-2633
E-mail: canstey@worldbank.org
Andrew Kircher
News Bureau Chief
Tel: +1-202-473-6313
Fax: +1-202-522-2632
E-mail: akircher@worldbank.org
Sergio Jellinek
External Affairs Manager,
Sustainable Development
Tel: +1-202-458-2841
Fax: +1-202-522-7122
E-mail: sjellinek@worldbank.org
Kristyn Ebro
External Affairs Officer,
Sustainable Development
Tel: +1-202-458-2736
Fax: +1-202-522-7122
E-mail: kebro@worldbank.org
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