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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waterbury, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Nile River Watershed--Management--International cooperation.

Water-supply.

Water resources development--Nile River Watershed--International cooperation.

Water resources development.

Water resources development--Government policy--Nile River Watershed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

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 coming 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 book 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."This excellent book makes a significant contribution to the rational discussion of Nile conflicts and should be helpful to many of the other 282 international river basins facing similar problems."-Peter P. Rogers, Harvard University

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Preface, vii

List of Abbreviations and Terms, xi

Introduction, i

1 Collective Action and the Search for a Regime, I5

2 Negotiating Regimes, 35

3 The Three-Level Game in the Nile Basin, 57

4 Food Security in Ethiopia, 91

5 The Imperfect Logic of Big Projects, Io6

6 The Sudan: Master of the Middle, I28

7 Uganda: Egypt's Unwilling Ally, Io5

Conclusion: Lessons Learned? i66

Notes, I79 X

Bibliography, 189

Index, 205.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-204) and index.

ISBN:

9786611729615

9781281729613

1281729612

9780300127683

0300127685

OCLC:

182530685