Tag archive for "infrastructural development"

A Long Time Coming: Coastal Access for Bolivia

South America, water projects

A Long Time Coming: Coastal Access for Bolivia

3 Comments 04 April 2011

 The War of the Pacific between Bolivia and Peru in the late 19th century led to major geopolitical, diplomatic, and economic restructuring that still negatively affects the region today. In the early 1880s, Chile annexed the Peruvian province of Tarapacá and the Bolivian province of Litoral, both substantially mineral-rich territories. Bolivia was stripped of coastal access [...]

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Water Issues in Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan

asia, water projects

Water Issues in Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan

No Comments 01 March 2011

Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia face public health risks and high rates of mortality from water-borne diseases. In Uzbekistan, only 50 to 60 percent of the population living in rural areas has access to treated water delivered through a centralized, piped water system. Lack of infrastructural development and a water quality monitoring system [...]

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Hydropower to Empower Rural Village in Liberia

africa, water projects

Hydropower to Empower Rural Village in Liberia

4 Comments 16 February 2011

Addressing the post-conflict setting in remote areas of Liberia requires a strategy that utilizes natural resources in a way that promotes sustainable development in vulnerable communities. During the first phase of the Liberian Civil War between the years of 1989 and 1996, rebel soldiers destroyed infrastructure in local communities, preventing these communities from accessing health [...]

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Incentives for Water Conservation in Gujarat

asia, water projects

Incentives for Water Conservation in Gujarat

3 Comments 31 December 2010

Ground water depletion in Gujarat India has immediate consequences for the agricultural sector and economic development in the region. Farmers are abandoning their land due to unreliable access to water resources. Moreover, deeper drilling for groundwater as a short term solution could lead to irreversible salt water intrusion into the groundwater supply. Water instability is compounded [...]

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World Bank Invests in Uzbekistan’s Water Mangement

asia, water projects

World Bank Invests in Uzbekistan’s Water Mangement

3 Comments 21 December 2010

The World Bank (WB) is currently launching the Ferghana Valley Water Resource Management Phase-I Project in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan.  The economy of Uzbekistan is largely dependent upon the agricultural industry. WB is investing in water use efficiency methods and rehabilitating the irrigation and drainage infrastructure in Uzbekistan’s Ferghana Valley in order to promote [...]

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Save a Water Well Save Lives

africa, water projects

Save a Water Well Save Lives

2 Comments 10 November 2010

Rehabilitating broken water wells is an investment in global health, education, poverty reduction, and the safety of women and girls in developing nations.  Water well rehabilitation secures the initial monetary and social investment made when water wells in a developing country were installed. Sometimes, saving water wells could mean saving a life. In Cote D’Ivoire and [...]

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Repairing Water Wells in Africa

africa, water projects

Repairing Water Wells in Africa

7 Comments 04 November 2010

“You don’t miss the water until the well runs dry” rings true for rural communities with water wells that no longer provide fresh water. Throughout Africa and in other parts of the world, water well abandonment is a major concern that stunts growth of rural communities where water wells have run dry. Sustainable development is a [...]

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Cholera in Haiti: Direct Aid Workers Speak

water projects

Cholera in Haiti: Direct Aid Workers Speak

5 Comments 29 October 2010

The cholera epidemic in Haiti has infected 4, 147 people and claimed the lives of 292 others according to the Pan American Health Organization. The cholera epidemic is a result of contaminants dumped into a major canal that supplies water to roughly 600,000 Haitians. The outbreak has exacerbated an already desperate situation in a country [...]

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