Turkey - Anatolia Watershed Rehabilitation Project
Barghouti, Shawki
This study points out that Lake Victoria, the second largest body of fresh water in the world, has experienced sustained environmental deterioration over the past several decades, compounding development challenges for the lake's three riparian countries-Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda-which remain among the poorest countries in the world. The report opines that Lake Victoria can be sustained through better environmental management by the riparian countries. The main scientific capacity-building objectives of the regional program, which aimed to gather information on the lake's conditions and test new practices and technologies for responding to specific problems, were realized. The project was evaluated by several teams and was rated satisfactory in Tanzania and Uganda, and unsatisfactory in Kenya. But the project design did not provide for an articulated logframe that would enable adequate monitoring and evaluation and information management. The impact of the scientific capacity building depends on the financing of a second phase to support follow-up development investments. To this end, the Bank has recently supported the three riparian countries in preparing their national visions for Lake Victoria basin development. The second phase would help these countries translate this vision into action, with the support of the scientific findings already available to guide such plans. The report concludes that the challenge that lies ahead is to translate the knowledge acquired in phase one into reliable and sustainable policy frameworks to be adopted by all riparian countries to guide strategic planning, policy development and associated actions plans. Moreover, Rwanda and Burundi have applied for expedited consideration of their application to join the East African Community, and have become partners in the consultation and funding process to better manage the environment of Lake Victoria.
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