Governing the Nile River Basin : The Search for a New Legal Regime

The effective and efficient management of water is a major problem, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region. Of critical importance to the people of this part of Africa is the reasona...

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1. Verfasser: Kimenyi, Mwangi (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Mbaku, John (MitwirkendeR)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Brookings Institution Press, 2015
Schlagworte:Watershed management Riparian rights Water rights Watershed management - Law and legislation - Nile River Watershed Electronic books
Umfang:1 online resource (160 pages)
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Zusammenfassung:The effective and efficient management of water is a major problem, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region. Of critical importance to the people of this part of Africa is the reasonable, equitable and sustainable management of the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries. Written by scholars trained in economics and law, and with significant experience in African political economy, this book explores new ways to deal with conflict over the allocation of the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries. The monograph provides policymakers in the Nile River riparian states and other stakeholders with practical and effective policy options for dealing with what has become a very contentious problem—the effective management of the waters of the Nile River. The analysis is quite rigorous but also extremely accessible.
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Political Economy of Transboundary Water Resource Management in Africa -- Physical Description of the Watercourse and Basin States -- Setting the Stage for Conflict in the Nile River Basin -- The Nile Waters Agreements: A Critical Analysis -- Theories of Treaty Succession and Modern Nile Governance -- International Water Law and the Nile River Basin -- The Nile Basin Initiative -- The Cooperative Framework Agreement: A New Legal Regime for the Nile River -- Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Nile River -- The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam -- Governing the Nile River Basin: A Way Forward -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.
Beschreibung:Description based upon print version of record
Beschreibung:1 online resource (160 pages)
ISBN:9780815726562
0815726562
9780815726555
0815726554