Taking A Second Look At Traditional Institutional Arrangements For Transboundary Water Governance In Africa

In sub-saharan Africa, there are around 63 transboundary river basins whose water cut across nations, catchments and regions. Most formal management of transboundary water is done through treaties, agreement and protocols between the states which share a given water source. However traditional arran...

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Main Author: Sullivan, Amy
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Language:Inglés
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16495
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description In sub-saharan Africa, there are around 63 transboundary river basins whose water cut across nations, catchments and regions. Most formal management of transboundary water is done through treaties, agreement and protocols between the states which share a given water source. However traditional arrangement and customary law still govern a large portion of water use especially in rural areas. Efficient development and management of resource in these basins require cooperation among the riparian countries and institutional arrangements that expects the complexity of sharing water recource between different users and uses.
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spelling CGSpace164952025-11-12T07:34:55Z Taking A Second Look At Traditional Institutional Arrangements For Transboundary Water Governance In Africa Sullivan, Amy In sub-saharan Africa, there are around 63 transboundary river basins whose water cut across nations, catchments and regions. Most formal management of transboundary water is done through treaties, agreement and protocols between the states which share a given water source. However traditional arrangement and customary law still govern a large portion of water use especially in rural areas. Efficient development and management of resource in these basins require cooperation among the riparian countries and institutional arrangements that expects the complexity of sharing water recource between different users and uses. 2009 2012-02-15T05:10:49Z 2012-02-15T05:10:49Z Other https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16495 en Open Access application/pdf Sullivan, A., 2009. Research Highlight. Challenge Program on Water and Food, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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title_full Taking A Second Look At Traditional Institutional Arrangements For Transboundary Water Governance In Africa
title_fullStr Taking A Second Look At Traditional Institutional Arrangements For Transboundary Water Governance In Africa
title_full_unstemmed Taking A Second Look At Traditional Institutional Arrangements For Transboundary Water Governance In Africa
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