The overall objective of the study is to provide decision support guidance to the main stakeholders responsible for managing and developing water and related resources in the Zambezi River Basin. This guidance will be based on a multi-sectoral economic analysis of growth-focused development options and investment potentials from both a basin and country perspective for the 8 riparian countries. Specifically, the analysis will:

1. Identify growth-focused potential investment options and make an initial assessment of the economic, hydrological, social and environmental implications of these options,
2. Assess the benefits of cooperative and joint investments over unilateral development for the riparian countries individually and for the region as a whole, and
3. Review how existing World Bank operations (proposed, in preparation and under supervision) relate to the outcome of the analysis from a basin perspective.

Project Documents

• Zambezi Basin Multi-Sector Investment Opportunity Analysis