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Basin Development Challenges

Andes system (seven small river basins):
To improve rural livelihoods, increase water availability, and reduce water-related conflict through benefit-sharing in selected river basins.

Mekong (Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam):
To reduce poverty and foster development through management of water for multiple uses in large dams and small reservoirs.

Nile (especially Ethiopian highlands):
To improve rural livelihoods and their resilience through a landscape approach to rainwater management.

Ganges delta (India, Bangladesh):
To improve rural livelihoods in tidal-affected areas of the delta through integrated and diversified cropping and aquaculture.

Limpopo (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa):
To improve rural livelihoods and their resilience through better management of rainwater, including management of small reservoirs.

Volta (Burkina Faso and Ghana):
To improve rural livelihoods and their resilience through better management of rainwater, including management of small reservoirs.


Multiple BDCs in the future
Some basins have a clear demand for at least two – often very different – BDCs.  Additional BDCs may commence later in Phase 2 depending on funding availability.  Potential second BDCs are: