Strengthening Climate and Water Information Management Systems (WB-P508001)

Countries
  • Yemen
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Canceled
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Nov 20, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Food and Agriculture Organization FAO
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 4.55 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Investment Amount (USD)
Not Disclosed
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Oct 10, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Mar 19, 2025

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Project Description
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According to bank's website, the canceled project aims to support Yemen in strengthening a Climate and Water Information Management System in selected water basins to enhance sustainable and resilient water resources management and development. It will support a comprehensive assessment of the enabling environment for the strengthening, upgrading and revitalization of the CWIMS. This will include an assessment of existing data collection infrastructure, the various databases, along with capacity in order to identify gaps at decentralized levels of the National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) and other relevant institutions. Investment plans will be developed to address the gaps identified in the capacity assessment. The project will also support the review and development of inter-institutional rules and regulations at basin level to improve existing water resources data water management in Yemen, and the development of a cloud-based data repository which can be populated and accessed by relevant institutions. Hard and software needed for the establishment of these activities will also be financed by the project, as well as a capacity building component to strengthen the technical capacities of decentralized institutions in using these systems and the development of end-user products.

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Environmental and Social Risk: M

Investment Description
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Total Project Cost: US$ 0.00 million

Commitment Amount: US$ 4.55 million 


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Task Team Leader: Naif Mohammed Abu-Lohom 

Title: Senior Water Resources Management Specialist 

Email: nabulohom@worldbank.org 

TTL Contact: Chris Philip Fischer 

Title: Senior Water Specialist 

Email: cfischer1@worldbank.org 

TTL Contact: Elvira Cusiqoyllor Broeks Motta 

Title: Senior Water Specialist 

Email: ebroeksmotta@worldbank.org 

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