Can Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia

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dc.creatorSadoff, Claudia
dc.date2012-08-13T09:02:45Z
dc.date2012-08-13T09:02:45Z
dc.date2006-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:28:11Z
dc.descriptionIn 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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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7107372/can-water-undermine-growth-evidence-ethiopia
dc.identifierAgricultural and Rural Development (ARD) Notes. -- No. 18 (September 2006)
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9593
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9593
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418368
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAgricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 18
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectANNUAL RAINFALL
dc.subjectCUBIC METERS
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR WATER
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF WATER
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFLOODING
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectHEAVY RELIANCE
dc.subjectHIGH TRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectHIGH WATER
dc.subjectHYDROLOGY
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectINVESTMENT DECISIONS
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLAKES
dc.subjectMANAGING WATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectRAIN
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectROAD INVESTMENT
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectSHARED WATERS
dc.subjectSURFACE WATER
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE WATER
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION SERVICES
dc.subjectWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectWATER INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCE
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER STORAGE
dc.subjectWATERS
dc.subjectWATERSHEDS
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.titleCan Water Undermine Growth? Evidence from Ethiopia

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