Moving Targets: Irrigation Management Modernization in East Asia and the Pacific

Event: Asia Water Week 2013: Securing Water for All (Main Event)

Moving Targets: Irrigation Management Modernization in East Asia and the Pacific

13 March 2013

Author / Speaker:

Jacob Burke, World Bank - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Thierry Facon, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Ian Makin, International Water Management Institute - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Paul van Hofwegen, World Bank - Email the author | Other materials by the author

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The structural role and challenges of irrigation in East Asia are often not factored into macroeconomic accounts of regional development. The Asian Development Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the World Bank have expressed interest in taking a regional view of modernization to anticipate lending and technical assistance for irrigation in East Asia and the Pacific.

Geographical Focus:

Regional - Asia

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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