Impacts of large scale land-based investment: case of Chotiari water reservoir from Pakistan
Habibullah Magsi & Andre Torre
In this study we use qualitative data from land use conflicts for a development related infrastructural project based on the case of Chotiari water reservoir in Pakistan. we have selected the case of the Chotiari water reservoir project, for its unique characters of conflicts on land use and inefficiencies at various scales of monitoring and governance. The project, has been designed and implemented to increase the storage capacity of existing lakes of Chotiari wetlands and to irrigate more arable land in the country. The project was initiated in 1992 by water and power development authority (WAPDA) and was funded by donor agencies through World Bank. The project is inflated over entitled and un-entitled lands of eighteen thousand hectares, where its area was characterized as wetlands, which has supported livelihoods of local population through fishing, agriculture, grazing and a range of other economic activities.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015
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