Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project

This article, extracted from an Implementation Completion Report, centers on the Mauritania Natural Resources Management Project ( Projet de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles en Zones Pluviales - PGRNP ) ( 1998-2003 ), which had two specific object...

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Main Author: Ba, Amadou Omar
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6310724/mauritania-rainfed-natural-resource-management-project
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spelling okr-10986-96542021-04-23T14:02:46Z Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project Ba, Amadou Omar AGRICULTURAL LAND CATTLE CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES CONSTRUCTION DIKES DUNE STABILIZATION EQUIPMENT GOATS INCOMES LIVESTOCK NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAND SEEDING SOIL EROSION STONE BUNDS VEGETABLE VEGETABLE GARDENS VILLAGE VILLAGES WATER CONSERVATION WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WELLS This article, extracted from an Implementation Completion Report, centers on the Mauritania Natural Resources Management Project ( Projet de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles en Zones Pluviales - PGRNP ) ( 1998-2003 ), which had two specific objectives : 1) empowering rural communities, i.e., providing skills to organize and manage common resources, and obtain access to financing; and (2) improving the institutional environment in the rural sector, including securing access to natural resources. Lessons learned from this project including the need for a critical mass of investment activities in communities and adequate time to build community capacity; transparent, well-publicized procedures to neutralize political interference and cornering by the elite; baseline data and a functional monitoring and evaluation system; decentralized project management; and using mass media communications. 2012-08-13T09:12:15Z 2012-08-13T09:12:15Z 2005-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6310724/mauritania-rainfed-natural-resource-management-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9654 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 116 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Mauritania
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topic AGRICULTURAL LAND
CATTLE
CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES
CONSTRUCTION
DIKES
DUNE STABILIZATION
EQUIPMENT
GOATS
INCOMES
LIVESTOCK
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAND
SEEDING
SOIL EROSION
STONE BUNDS
VEGETABLE
VEGETABLE GARDENS
VILLAGE
VILLAGES
WATER CONSERVATION
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WELLS
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL LAND
CATTLE
CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES
CONSTRUCTION
DIKES
DUNE STABILIZATION
EQUIPMENT
GOATS
INCOMES
LIVESTOCK
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAND
SEEDING
SOIL EROSION
STONE BUNDS
VEGETABLE
VEGETABLE GARDENS
VILLAGE
VILLAGES
WATER CONSERVATION
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WELLS
Ba, Amadou Omar
Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project
geographic_facet Africa
Mauritania
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 116
description This article, extracted from an Implementation Completion Report, centers on the Mauritania Natural Resources Management Project ( Projet de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles en Zones Pluviales - PGRNP ) ( 1998-2003 ), which had two specific objectives : 1) empowering rural communities, i.e., providing skills to organize and manage common resources, and obtain access to financing; and (2) improving the institutional environment in the rural sector, including securing access to natural resources. Lessons learned from this project including the need for a critical mass of investment activities in communities and adequate time to build community capacity; transparent, well-publicized procedures to neutralize political interference and cornering by the elite; baseline data and a functional monitoring and evaluation system; decentralized project management; and using mass media communications.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Ba, Amadou Omar
author_facet Ba, Amadou Omar
author_sort Ba, Amadou Omar
title Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project
title_short Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project
title_full Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project
title_fullStr Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project
title_full_unstemmed Mauritania - The Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project
title_sort mauritania - the rainfed natural resource management project
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6310724/mauritania-rainfed-natural-resource-management-project
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