Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project in Bangladesh: Sharing Knowledge on Community-Driven Development
Asian Development Bank | May 2016
Abstract
The Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project in Bangladesh became the first initiative to successfully incorporate beneficiary participation into all aspects of managing large-scale irrigation systems. This booklet describes how applying community-driven development principles to managing the water resource can both expand livelihood opportunities available to beneficiaries at no additional cost to the project, and can bridge what historically has been a gap between project beneficiaries and project implementation agencies. As a result of directly involving project beneficiaries, the project achieved significant gains in the efficiency and sustainability of flood control, drainage, and irrigation infrastructure development initiatives.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2016. Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project in Bangladesh: Sharing Knowledge on Community-Driven Development. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9036. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Public Sector
Public Sector Projects
Irrigation Water
Irrigation Water Management
Public Water
Surface Water
Infrastructure projects
Public finance
Irrigation development
Water storage
Administration
Authority
Delegation of powers
Federal aid
Government aid
Irrigation efficiency
Integrated water development
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