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  • Consultations to Improve the World Bank Web site

  A few years ago, the World Bank’s Web site was noted as a leader among development organizations’ websites. As technology has rapidly advanced and user expectations evolved, our Web site too needs to change and adapt.

  You come to our Web site because you are looking for the latest information on development. Our project information, data and research assist you in tackling your challenges or keeping up on the Bank’s activities.

  Now we’re catching up. We are revamping our Web site and expanding our online capabilities to better satisfy our business needs and meet audience demands.

  We’re examining all aspects of the site—content, technology, business needs and audience demands—to figure out what needs to stay, be improved or be removed.

  This is a complex undertaking. We are currently gathering information to determine requirements for our future site.

  Through our open online consultation, we are looking for comments from anyone who wishes to discuss their information needs and any difficulties they encounter with the site. The online consultation period ends on December 31, 2008.

  All feedback we receive will inform the future design and functionality of the Web site by informing Bank management on audience needs.

  Our ultimate goal is to make the Web site better support the institution’s mission of fighting global poverty and helping countries develop.

  Your feedback will bring us closer to this goal.

  Thank you,

  Angie Gentile
  Managing Editor, www.worldbank.org

• Safeguards diagnostic review summary
  The objective of the Second Water Sector Investment Project for Tunisia is to promote more efficient management and operation of selected public irrigation schemes by participating farmers. Negative measures include: (i) potential adverse effects of drainage water on the quality of receiving surface waters; (ii) the characteristics of the underlying aquifer (i.e., salinity, depth to water table) in combination with irrigation and crop management practices can have long term impacts on project performance and sustainability of the irrigation schemes with very slow recharge based on deep wells drilled as exploratory wells; and (iii) aquifer and soil quality issues relating to use of treated wastewater for aquifer recharge and for irrigation. Mitigation measures include: a) groundwater management (with 21 percent of the total cost) will include continued infrastructure work, information system building to monitor surface and ground water quantity, and management of at risk aquifers with participatory approaches; b) water conservation and environmental protection (4 percent of the total) will focus on monitoring of water pollution, and pilot activities of treated wastewater for agriculture reuse; c) creating/improving piped drinking water services in rural areas; and d) creating/rehabilitating irrigation systems.
• Tunisia - Second Water Sector Investment Project
  
• Global food and fuel crisis will increase malnourished by 44 million
  

  Contacts:
  In Washington:Carl Hanlon 202-473-8087; chanlon@worldbank.org;
  Philip Hay 202-473-1796
  phay@worldbank.org

   

  WASHINGTON, October 8, 2008– High food and fuel prices will increase the number of malnourished people around the world in 2008 by 44 million to reach a total of 967 million, a report from the World Bank says.

   

  While food and fuel price increases may have moderated in recent months, prices remain much higher than previous years and show few signs of declining significantly, according to the report entitled “Rising food and fuel prices: addressing the risks to future generations”. Poor families around the world are being pushed to the brink of survival, causing irreparable damage to the health of millions of children. As families cut back on spending, there are also grave risks for the educational performance of poor children.

   

  “While people in the developed world are focused on the financial crisis, many forget that a human crisis is rapidly unfolding in developing countries. It is pushing poor people to the brink of survival,”said World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick. “The financial crisis will only make it more difficult for developing countries to protect their most vulnerable people from the impact of rising food and fuel costs.”

   

  The report, due to be presented on Sunday to the Development Committee at the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF, says the food and fuel crisis could have long term effects on poor people and countries. Malnourished children cannot develop into healthy adults and become productive members of society who can contribute to the growth needed to lift themselves and their country out of poverty.

   

  The report says priority should be given to a series of targeted measures. These include:

  • Making existing targeted cash (or near cash) transfer programs more generous;
  • Getting nutrition to infants and pregnant women;
  • expanding so-called ”in-kind” food distribution programs including school feeding and the distribution of fortified calorically dense food;
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