Framework for Rural Development: Reaching the Rural Poor

1. Reaching the Rural PoorFramework for The Rural Development Strategyof The World Bank Water - Discussion Draft - http://www.worldbank.org/ruralstrategy

2. Overview of Rural Development Strategy Update Global Challenges Regional Strategies Lessons Learned Context: R u r a l P o v e r t y R e d u c t i o n Mission: Improving the economic and social well-being of rural people Improving food security Ensuring sustainable use of natural resources Goals: 1. Increase poverty focus 6. Improve natural resource & environm‘l management 2. Strengthen rural policies and rural institutions 3. Improve access to social and economic infrastructure 4. Facilitate agricultural growth and competitive-ness 5. Enhance rural non-agricultural and private sector activity Strategic Objectives Revised Action Plans for each region Thematic Initiatives across the rural family Action: IMPLEMENTATION Implementation: Rural Development Strategy Update

3. Reducing the rate of soil erosion, desertification, waterlogging, salinization, and use of agricultural technologies that are harmful to the natural resource base. • Remove distortions leading to unjustified loss of prime agricultural land to urbanization. • Improve incentives for water use and for better delivery performance. • Increasing agricultural productivity to avoid expanding food production into presently forested areas. • Fully integrating sustainable natural resource management into rural development. Ensuring Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Goal 3

4. Facilitate Agricultural Growth and Competitiveness Strategic Objective 4

5. Facilitate Agricultural Growth and Competitiveness Strategic Objective 4

6. Improve National Resource and Environmental Management The increased relevance of water is recognized in the new strategy: • A critical resource for development, water is a looming crisis, especially for poor countries if present practices continue • Increased resource degradation in upper basins and sustainability • less water is a severe limitation for global and national food security • Need more crop per drop (Double productivity in 30 years) • Rural poor lack water and sanitation services • Water management contributes directly to reduce vulnerability, poverty alleviation, local food security and access to natural resources • Watersheds and river flows (riverine ecology) must be protected Strategic Objective 6

7. Improve National Resource and Environmental Management Approach: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) • Basin-level comprehensive management • cross-sectoral integration • multi-stakeholder participation • Re-visioning irrigation and drainage • Use economic and financial instruments • More private sector • user organizations • water service companies • Build policy and regulatory capacity in government • Participation of stakeholders Strategic Objective 6

8. Basin-level comprehensive management • cross-sectoral integration • multi-stakeholder participation • Use economic and financial instruments • More private sector • Water markets • user organizations • water service companies • Build policy and regulatory capacity in government • Participation of Stakeholders Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) (IWRM)

9. Integrated water-soil-forest management for poverty alleviation and sustainability of natural resources. • Small portfolio (6% of rural) but growing • New good practices in all regions • Lessons for: institutions, technologies, participation and incentives • What to do: • more projects • more learning and dissemination Watershed Management Projects: The New Generation

10. Improving I&D services.. Getting the right balance. Institutions-Infrastructure-Technology • The pillars • Develop Production Systems for Irrigated Agriculture. • Water: Rights and Quality of Drainage Disposal. • Support Access of Irrigation and Drainage Technology to Small-holders. • Promote more Investment, especially from Private Sector. Re-visioning Irrigation and Drainage Re-visioning Irrigation and Drainage

11. Reforming I&D Institutions • Institutional Reform • Building a platform for change • Promoting Diversity • Enacting Regulation • Setting the right Incentives/Prices • Benchmarking for continuos improvement • Investment in infrastructure • New Systems, • Modernizing Existing I&D Infrastructure • Promoting non-farm activities • Adopting Technology • On farm • Off farm Improving I&D Institutions

12. Increase Research on new “water-efficient” plants and production systems • Adjust cropping patterns to Global Trade, prices and new market opportunities • Studyproduction systems for irrigated agriculture. • Pilot country studies. • High value crops and diversification; • Controlled agricultural environment and green houses; • Effluent water and recycling; • Modern methods of water delivery and management of low quality water; and • Assistance/capacity needs for semi-subsistence farmers for their transformation. Increasing output under water scarcity and changing markets Production Systems for Irrigated AgricultureIncreasing output under water scarcity and changing markets

13. Attaining sustainable operations • Link to River Basin Management • Define water rights for systems and individuals • Consider Drainage disposal and reuse • Use multi-criteria analysis for New storage • Improved reservoir operation for sediment management and ecosystem restoration for existing storage • Attending Environmental security issues • salt management • flood management • environmental flows (riverine ecology) Water Rights and Drainage Discharge.Attaining sustainable operations

14. Poor Irrigation-Farmers • Focus on reaching small-scale farmers with affordable irrigation and drainage technologies • Promote networking, technological innovation and adaptation for smallholders • Document successful experiences • Stimulate market oriented approach and private sector • Establish Pilot projects in selected countries • Formulate a Business Plan to scale up Bank Operations Irrigation Technology for Smallholders. Reaching the Poor Irrigation-Farmers

15. Specially from Private Sector. • Defining Levels/size of private sector entry • Adequate Water fee • Managing risks • long term stability in rights • markets and prices • natural events • Enacting effective regulation framework • Definition of roles/responsibilities • Prices/ Incentives • Laws , by-laws, Agreements • Regulations: for resource, product, service • Promoting meaningful participation and partnerships • Stimulating Vertical Integration Promoting more Investment Specially from Private Sector.

16. Water and Sanitation for the Poor • High % of rural population without services • And the Urban-Rural gap is still growing ? • Impact in health specially children mortality • Participatory community driven approach • Capacity building WSP • Increasing lending through social funds • More effort needed in future programs Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

17. Bank Comparative Advantage in Rural Development • Knowledge and experience • Finance and policy mix • Leverage with donors and other international institutions • Power to convene • Integrating sectoral, regional and global views in support of a Comprehensive Development Framework and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. Implementation of The Updated Rural Development Strategy Implementation

18. What needs to be done to achieve our objective: 1. Flexible and innovative approaches to projects in addition to the expansion of current best practices: • increased reliance on community driven development; • use of multi-sectoral lending approach where appropriate; • select instruments according to client readiness and conditions; and • greater participation in poverty assessments to ensure better diagnosis, strategy, and design of proposed interventions. 2. Obtain Bank management support for implementing the updated strategy, and secure their commitment to hold country directors accountable for reaching rural strategy objectives. 3. Regional and national strategies used as the framework of implementation. 4. Multi-sectoral “RURAL ALLIANCE” created on Bank- and regional levels plays coordinating and monitoring role. Implementation

19. National Rural Development Strategies • critical framework of implementation to build consensus between the Country, the Bank, and other donors • developed by country-ownership • consistent with national policies and international commitments • integrated with the country’s sustainable development strategies (e.g., CDF, PRSP) and the CAS • contain holistic and intersectoral approaches • build on strong partnership and participation of all stakeholders in the country Country Partnership in Implementation Implementation

20. shared mission of poverty reduction • improved understanding of commitments and comparative advantages • development of a coherent joint approach • enhanced collaboration in project development and implementation • mutual risk sharing in poverty reduction - matching donor grant with IBRD financing • improved exchange of information and learning about success that might have broader applicability Implementation Donor Partnership in Implementation

21. Please see also our website at http://www.worldbank.org/ruralstrategy On this website, you will find: • more updated information and a calendar of events related to the Update of the Rural Development Strategy; • downloads of background studies and regional strategies; • relevant email-addresses; • forms to submit your comments; • a sign-up form for our email-newsletter. CONTACT US