Africa's International Rivers : An Economic Perspective
Cooperative management, and development
of Africa's international rivers holds real promise for
greater sustainability, and productivity of the
continent's increasingly scarce water resources, and
fragile environment. Moreover, the potential benefits of
cooperative water resources management, can serve as
catalysts for broader regional cooperation, economic
integration, and development - and even conflict prevention.
But riparians will pursue joint action only when they expect
to receive greater benefits through cooperation than through
unilateral action. Economic analysis can be used to make the
case for cooperation on international rivers, using tools
that will help identify, and measure the potential
incremental benefits of cooperation, determine the
distribution of benefits among riparians, and assess the
feasibility, and fairness of alternative management, and
investment scenarios. Where such schemes yield benefit
distributions, not perceived as equitable among riparians,
economic tools could also be used to calculate, design, and
implement arrangements for redistribution. In all of these
ways, economics can play an important role in enabling the
management of international rivers, helping to motivate,
design, and implement cooperative water resources management.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Whittington, Dale,
Sadoff, Claudia W.,
Grey, David |
Language: | English en_US |
Published: |
Washington, DC: World Bank
2002
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Subjects: | ACCESS TO WATER,
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY,
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT,
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES,
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION,
AQUIFERS,
ARID REGIONS,
ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER,
ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE,
BOREHOLES,
CANALS,
CIVIL SOCIETY,
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY,
CONSTRUCTION,
DAMS,
DRAINAGE,
DROUGHT,
DROUGHTS,
ENGINEERING,
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS,
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,
EVAPORATION,
FISH SPECIES,
FISHING,
FLOODING,
FLOODPLAINS,
FLOODS,
FOOD PRODUCTION,
FRESHWATER,
FRESHWATER RESOURCES,
GROUNDWATER,
GROUNDWATER QUALITY,
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS,
HYDROLOGIC CYCLE,
HYDROLOGY,
INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,
INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS,
INTERNATIONAL RIVERS,
INTERNATIONAL WATER,
INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES,
IRRIGATION,
IRRIGATION CANALS,
LAKES,
LAND DEGRADATION,
MANAGEMENT OF WATER,
MANAGING WATER RESOURCES,
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES,
NAVIGATION,
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
RESERVOIRS,
RIPARIAN,
RIPARIAN COUNTRIES,
RIPARIAN STATES,
RIVER BASIN,
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT,
RIVER BASINS,
RIVER FLOW,
RIVER SYSTEM,
RIVERS,
RUNOFF,
SCARCE WATER,
SCARCE WATER RESOURCES,
STORAGE CAPACITY,
SURFACE WATER,
TREATIES,
VARIABLE RAINFALL,
WATER AVAILABILITY,
WATER FLOWS,
WATER MANAGEMENT,
WATER RESOURCES,
WATER RIGHTS,
WATER SCARCITY,
WATER SOURCES,
WATER STORAGE,
WATER SUPPLY,
WATER TABLE,
WATER USE,
WATER USE PATTERNS,
WATER UTILITIES,
WATER WORKS,
WATERS,
WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL RIVERS,
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK,
POPULATION ECONOMICS,
POPULATION DYNAMICS,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
NATURAL RESOURCES,
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE,
RIPARIAN ECOLOGY,
RIPARIAN RIGHTS,
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS,
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2130183/africas-international-rivers-economic-perspective
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15175
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