Pro-poor groundwater development: the case of the Barind experiment in Bangladesh

The Barind region, a water-stressed area in northwest Bangladesh, had an underdeveloped agricultural economy and high levels of poverty until two projects revitalized the area with enhanced groundwater irrigation. The Barind Integrated Area Development Project in 1985 and Barind Multipurpose Develop...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Banerjee, Partha Sarathi, de Silva, Sanjiv
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	World Bank 2020
Subjects:	groundwater development irrigation programs deep tube wells shallow tube wells groundwater irrigation costs metering agricultural production rice farmers poverty sustainability case studies
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107830