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Agricultural Development in the North China Plain

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Publication date
20/06/2008
Number of Pages
2
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Working Papers & Briefs
Focus Region:
Asia and the Pacific
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Managerial & operational
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk assessment
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Crops
Author
World Bank Independent Evaluation Group
Organization
World Bank Independent Evaluation Group

The North China Plain Agriculture Project (NCPA), which aimed to rehabilitate and expand irrigation and drainage works in three northern provinces, inaugurated Bank lending to China. It was approved in 1982, two years after China claimed its seat in the World Bank. Implementation coincided with rapid price and market reforms led by the rural sector. The project achieved or exceeded most targets set at appraisal, thanks to straightforward design, sound technology, effective cooperation between the Bank and borrower, and favorable organizational arrangements. A recent OED impact evaluation, carried out five years after project completion, finds that project impacts are being sustained.

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