Water and the Rural Poor - Interventions for Improving Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
2008
The primary goal of this report is to contribute to the development of strategies to reduce rural poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) through investments in the provision of water supplies to rural areas, including for agricultural production.
Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Commodities: Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Water footprint, Infrastructural elements, Institutional elements, Inputs and services support upgrading, Business enabling environment upgrading
Personal author: Jean-Marc Faurès, Guido Santini, Rudoph Cleveringa, Audrey Nepveu de Villemarceau
Authoring organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Discussion
Format: Document
