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This technical report edited by the by Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) and published by the World Bank (WB) summarizes the findings of the baseline survey conducted in Madhya Pradesh (MP), India, which was a part of an Impact Evaluation (IE) study that aimed at assessing the impact of the Global Scaling up Rural Sanitation Project launched by the Water and Sanitation Programme, in India. This report is a part of a series of papers that analysed the baseline data from all countries where the program was implemented.Read More

This report published by the World Bank consists of two volumes.

Volume 1 is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Drought And Andhra Pradesh’s Economy: Historical Perspective
Chapter 3: Methodological Framework
Chapter 4: Reducing Vulnerability Of Agriculture To Drought In Eight Drought-Prone Districts
Chapter 5: Managing Economic Impact of Drought at the State Level
Chapter 6: Conclusions and recommendationsRead More

Again nature will have to pay a huge price to human induced climate change. Warmer temperatures and changing rainfall patterns pose a serious threat to 20 to 30% of plant and animal species. Among other dramatic cases, one can fear the progressive extinction of Amazonian rainforest and of tropical species.Read More

This deals with the baseline report for the Sachetana Drinking Water Project of the Government of Karnataka. The project envisions a set of interventions including household rainwater harvesting for clusters of villages in Karnataka that are particularly severely affected by fluoride. It covers 15 villages in each of the taluks of Bagepalli (Chikkaballapur), Mundargi (Gadag), Sira (Tumkur) and Pavagada (Tumkur).Read More