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Conducive policy environments for effective investment in water
Rudolph Cleveringa, IFAD
Pretoria, November 2010
Rural Poverty in Africa: over 400m and growing
Scope for improvement
Where and what does it bring
Where is the money? Yes, China can
Transparency International
Guardian land grabs
Remittances?
0 to 5 per cent of GDP
Libya 0.3Gabon 0.6South Africa 0.6
Botswana 1.0Cameroon 1.5Cote D'Ivoire 1.6Zambia 1.8Sudan 2.0Chad 2.1Angola 2.2Tanzania 2.4Egypt 3.4Swaziland 3.4Kenya 3.8Mauritania 3.9Ethiopia 4.4Malawi 4.6Algeria 4.7Nigeria 4.7Central African Republic
4.9
Annual remittances to Africa
38.6 billion USD
Over 25 per cent of GDP
Liberia 25.8Cape Verde 34.2Eritrea 37.9
SomaliaEst. up to
60%
10 to 25 per cent of GDP
Morocco 10.7Sierra Leone 11.6Mali 12.5Gambia 17.0Comoros 21.1Burundi 22.8Lesotho 24.1
5 to 10 per cent of GDP
Tunisia 5.1Benin 5.5Madagascar 5.7Republic of Congo
5.7
Niger 5.8Rwanda 6.0Togo 6.4Ghana 6.6Uganda 6.9Zimbabwe 7.2Democratic Republic of the Congo
7.4
Mozambique 7.4Senegal 7.2Burkina Faso 8.2Guinea 8.6
Russian Dolls: Embeddedness– Water Governance in Fragile States
It is all a matter of scale
Farmer in field-take Haiti if no other Kevin
Cocha water wars Water towers
Who to break the impasse?
• Policy levels • NEPAD/CAADP Pillar 1• AMCOW, AU, ECOWAS• CGIAR Reform Programme• Global Donor Platform for Rural
Development• World Business Council• World Water Council• UN Water, UNECA, UNCCD• Etc
• The real issues;– Agricultural trade restrictions– The ‘hidden’ tied-aid agenda
Business as un-ususal: using innovations
• Incentives/fellowships • Labour saving for women
• Knowledge Management and communication
• Rural Citizen building• Governance & Name-and-
Shame• Economic Zones and Tax
Breaks• Anticipate markets and
consumer behaviour• Water and Nutrient recycling• Fancy finance (micro)• Fancy finance (macro)
• F2F, CAPNET, Universities• Domestic water and technology,
Multiple Use, Literacy• Smart ICT Africa, Networks, COP’s,
Envt services• L&W rights, WUAs, Water
parliaments, decentralization• Anti-corruption, Mo Ibrahim Prize• RAI, VC, out-grower schemes, non-
ag labour (‘maquila’)• Convenience food, packaging &
labelling on farm• Peri-urban ag and waste water
mining• Remittances, insurances • Cash transfers, vouchers, subsidies,
buy-outs • Capturing Climate funds, BMGF, etc
More of it, and now – in a transparent, accountable way!