Business Opportunities

Central and West Asia

Department

Environment, Natural Resources,

and Agriculture Division
March 2011
 Environment, Natural
Resources, and Agriculture
Division (CWER)
• Established 1 January 2011
• Previously natural resources unit was
part of Energy and Natural Resource
Division (CWEN)
• Natural resources now combined
with climate change
 Sector Focus
Water resources management
Irrigation and water resources infrastructure
Flood protection
Climate change
Environment
Rural development
Agribusiness
Capacity development
Balloki Barrage, Ravi
Policy reforms River, Pakistan
 Country Focus
LOANS/GRANTS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
Afghanistan 3 0
Pakistan 5 1
Tajikistan 5 1
Uzbekistan 4 1
Regional 5
Ongoing Loan/Grant Portfolio
Loans and Grants
$895 million

238 194
Afghanistan
Pakistan
79
Tajikistan
384
Uzbekistan
Loans and Grants
$895 million
79
66
Irrigation/Water
73
Agribusiness
Rural Development
676 Other
Ongoing Loan/Grant Portfolio
Consultancy services 2011
$40 million
0
3
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
37
Civil works etc, 2011
Uzbekistan
$198 million

49 39
Afghanistan
0 Pakistan
Tajikistan
109 Uzbekistan
Ongoing Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance
$9.6 million
0.8
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
8.6 Uzbekistan

Technical Assistance
$9.6 million

2.8
Irrigation/Water
Climate change
6.8
 Loan and Grants
35
Civil works
32 32

30 Consulting
27 28
Equipment
25
23
21
20
$ million

17

15
12

10

5
1
0
2008 2009 2010
Future Strategic Directions
• Water
Water resource management
Infrastructure rehabilitation
Policy reform
• Climate Change
Mitigation
Adaptation
 Loan/Grant Pipeline
2011
• Sindh Irrigation MFF (PAK) - $300 million
• Community Based Irrigation
Rehabilitation (AFG) - $10 million
• Climate resiliancy (TAJ) - $22 million
2012
• Amu Bukhara Irrigation (UZB) - $300
million
Technical Assistance Pipeline
2011
• Amu Bukhara PPTA (UZB) - $1.5 million
• Supporting water resources
development (AFG) - $0.5 million
• Pyanj River (TAJ) - $0.75 million
• Regional Economics of Climate Change
(REG) - $2 million