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CIWA’s Footprint Structure of this report

The program’s pipeline and finances reflect strong demand for The program’s pipeline and finances reflect strong demand for

this model of change, leading to sustainable development. As this model of change, leading to sustainable development. As
summarized in this report’s Annexes, CIWA has a maturing portfolio summarized in this report’s Annexes, CIWA has a maturing portfolio
of active grants and a robust pipeline that spans major African basins of active grants and a robust pipeline that spans major African
and regional platforms. Themes include strengthening institutions basins and regional platforms. Themes include strengthening
and information systems, enhancing groundwater and drought institutions and information systems, enhancing groundwater
resilience, and implementing biodiversity-positive and nature-based and drought resilience, and implementing biodiversity-positive
solutions and the targeted preparation of cooperative infrastructure and nature-based solutions and the targeted preparation of
projects where appropriate. The fund remains actively committed cooperative infrastructure projects where appropriate. The fund
and disbursing, with resources allocated to both recipient-executed remains actively committed and disbursing, with resources
operations and Bank executed analytics and convening. The Annexes allocated to both recipient-executed operations and Bank
also note CIWA’s prudent management costs and the continued need executed analytics and convening. The Annexes also note CIWA’s
to mobilize additional resources to meet growing client demand, prudent management costs and the continued need to mobilize
particularly for data systems, cooperative investment preparation, additional resources to meet growing client demand, particularly
and work in fragile and conflict-affected settings. for data systems, cooperative investment preparation, and work in

fragile and conflict-affected settings.

Going beyond water to

transform Africa’s water

challenges into opportunities
for a better tomorrow.

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