Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia
In Ethiopia the centrality of water is clear. With little water resources infrastructure, relatively weak management institutions and capacity, extreme hydrological variability and seasonality, and a highly vulnerable economy, Ethiopia faces an eno...
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okr-10986-95932021-04-23T14:02:46Z Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia Sadoff, Claudia ANNUAL RAINFALL CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DROUGHT FARMERS FLOODING FLOODS GROUNDWATER HEAVY RELIANCE HIGH TRANSPORTATION HIGH WATER HYDROLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION LAKES MANAGING WATER RESOURCES RAIN RAINFALL RIVER BASIN RIVERS ROAD ROAD INVESTMENT ROADS SHARED WATERS SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER INVESTMENTS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER STORAGE WATERS WATERSHEDS WEALTH In Ethiopia the centrality of water is clear. With little water resources infrastructure, relatively weak management institutions and capacity, extreme hydrological variability and seasonality, and a highly vulnerable economy, Ethiopia faces an enormous challenge in building the minimum platform of water infrastructure and management capacity needed to achieve water security. But until water security is achieved, growth will continue to be severely constrained. A World Bank study (World Bank 2006) estimated the magnitude of the impacts of high water variability on growth and poverty so that the government can better manage water and manage other parts of the economy (trade, transport) to reduce the impacts of water shocks. The study found that considering the effects of water variability reduced projected rates of economic growth by 38% per year and increased projected poverty rates by 25% over a twelve year period. Furthermore, the variability of rainfall increased value-added of water investments, such as irrigation, that reduce vulnerability to rainfall. The study also found that transport infrastructure played a major role in the inability of local economies to adjust to localized crop failures, as it allows areas with food surpluses to sell to areas in food deficit. This analysis, undertaken in cooperation with the Ethiopian government, helped to make the issue of water resource management a central focus of the government's national poverty reduction strategy. 2012-08-13T09:02:45Z 2012-08-13T09:02:45Z 2006-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7107372/can-water-undermine-growth-evidence-ethiopia Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD) Notes. -- No. 18 (September 2006) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9593 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 18 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia |
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ANNUAL RAINFALL CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DROUGHT FARMERS FLOODING FLOODS GROUNDWATER HEAVY RELIANCE HIGH TRANSPORTATION HIGH WATER HYDROLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION LAKES MANAGING WATER RESOURCES RAIN RAINFALL RIVER BASIN RIVERS ROAD ROAD INVESTMENT ROADS SHARED WATERS SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER INVESTMENTS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER STORAGE WATERS WATERSHEDS WEALTH |
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ANNUAL RAINFALL CUBIC METERS DEMAND FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DROUGHT FARMERS FLOODING FLOODS GROUNDWATER HEAVY RELIANCE HIGH TRANSPORTATION HIGH WATER HYDROLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION LAKES MANAGING WATER RESOURCES RAIN RAINFALL RIVER BASIN RIVERS ROAD ROAD INVESTMENT ROADS SHARED WATERS SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER INVESTMENTS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER STORAGE WATERS WATERSHEDS WEALTH Sadoff, Claudia Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia |
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In Ethiopia the centrality of water is
clear. With little water resources infrastructure,
relatively weak management institutions and capacity,
extreme hydrological variability and seasonality, and a
highly vulnerable economy, Ethiopia faces an enormous
challenge in building the minimum platform of water
infrastructure and management capacity needed to achieve
water security. But until water security is achieved, growth
will continue to be severely constrained. A World Bank study
(World Bank 2006) estimated the magnitude of the impacts of
high water variability on growth and poverty so that the
government can better manage water and manage other parts of
the economy (trade, transport) to reduce the impacts of
water shocks. The study found that considering the effects
of water variability reduced projected rates of economic
growth by 38% per year and increased projected poverty rates
by 25% over a twelve year period. Furthermore, the
variability of rainfall increased value-added of water
investments, such as irrigation, that reduce vulnerability
to rainfall. The study also found that transport
infrastructure played a major role in the inability of local
economies to adjust to localized crop failures, as it allows
areas with food surpluses to sell to areas in food deficit.
This analysis, undertaken in cooperation with the Ethiopian
government, helped to make the issue of water resource
management a central focus of the government's national
poverty reduction strategy. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Sadoff, Claudia |
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Sadoff, Claudia |
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Sadoff, Claudia |
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Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia |
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Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia |
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Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia |
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Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia |
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Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia |
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can water undermine growth? evidence from ethiopia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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