Horn of Africa - Groundwater Initiative (WB-P169078)

Countries
  • Djibouti
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Uganda
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Borrower
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
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Sectors
  • Water and Sanitation
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Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 2.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jan 16, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Oct 19, 2018

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank documents, the project objective is to strengthen the knowledge and analytical foundation for cooperative management and development of international waters in Sub-Saharan Africa to aid sustainable climate resilient growth. This will be done by through the Catalytic subprogram of the Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) MDTF. The Catalytic subprogram will generate, share, and manage knowledge that can facilitate cooperative development and management of international waters; explore potential high impact collaborative investment opportunities in defined basins and regions; and create shared understanding of the opportunities, risks, costs, and benefits of cooperative development and management of international waters among stakeholders.

The specific objectives of this sub activity are to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the ground and surface water potential in the IGAD member countries, strengthen the regional ground water information data availability and support IGAD member countries to Strengthen and manage the sustainable development of their groundwater potential.

Investment Description
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Contact Information
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World Bank:
Contact : Tesfaye Bekalu Wondem
Title : Senior Water Supply and Sanita
Telephone No : 5327+6467

Borrower:
Borrower : Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Contact : Daher Elmi
Title : Program Manager
Telephone No : 25377787103
Email : daher.elmi@igad.int

Implementing Agency:
Daher Elmi
Contact : Daher Elmi
Title : Program Manager
Telephone No : 25377787103
Email : daher.elmi@igad.in

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