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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788053003321

Autore

Kimenyi Mwangi S.

Titolo

Governing the Nile River basin : the search for a new legal regime / / Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8157-2656-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

333.9100962

Soggetti

Water rights - Nile River Watershed

Watershed management - Law and legislation - Nile River Watershed

Nile River Watershed International status

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Agreement : 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.