Title The Nile Basin : national determinants of collective action / John Waterbury

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations and Terms -- Introduction -- 1 Collective Action and the Search for a Regime -- 2 Negotiating Regimes -- 3 The Three-Level Game in the Nile Basin -- 4 Food Security in Ethiopia -- 5 The Imperfect Logic of Big Projects -- 6 The Sudan: Master of the Middle -- 7 Uganda: Egypt�s Unwilling Ally -- Conclusion: Lessons Learned? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary The supply and management of fresh water for the world's billions of inhabitants is likely to be one of the most daunting challenges of the 21st century. For countries that share river basins with others, questions of how best to use and protect precious water resources always become entangled in complex political, legal, environmental, and economic considerations. This text focuses on the issues that face all international river basins by examining in detail the Nile Basin and the ten countries that lay claim to its waters. John Waterbury applies collective action theory and international relations theory to the challenges of the ten Nile nations. Confronting issues ranging from food security and famine prevention to political stability, these countries have yet to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of how to manage the Nile's resources. Waterbury proposes a series of steps leading to the formulation of environmentally sound policies and regulations by individual states, the establishment of accords among groups of states, and the critical participation of third-party sources of funding like the World Bank. He concludes that if there is to be a solution to the dilemmas of the Nile Basin countries, it must be based upon contractual understandings, brokered by third-party funders, and based on the national interests of each basin state Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index Notes Print version record Subject Water-supply -- Nile River Watershed -- Management -- International cooperation Water resources development -- Nile River Watershed -- International cooperation Water resources development -- Government policy -- Nile River Watershed BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. NATURE -- Natural Resources. Water resources development -- Government policy Water resources development -- International cooperation Water-supply -- Management -- International cooperation Nile River Watershed Form Electronic book LC no. 2001045488 ISBN 9780300127683 0300127685

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