Stockholm International Water Institute » Genevieve Connors http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Getting Transboundary Water Right: Theory and Practice for Effective Cooperation http://www.siwi.org/publication/getting-transboundary-water-right-theory-and-practice-for-effective-cooperation/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/getting-transboundary-water-right-theory-and-practice-for-effective-cooperation/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:42:25 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/getting-transboundary-water-right-theory-and-practice-for-effective-cooperation/ Getting transboundary water resources management right is urgent to secure the livelihoods of billions of people and sustain the resource across the globe. This Report presents realworld experience of cooperation at international and community levels, and innovative approaches to overcome political obstacles to cooperation.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/getting-transboundary-water-right-theory-and-practice-for-effective-cooperation/feed/ 0 Beyond the River: A Practitioner’s Perspective http://www.siwi.org/publication/beyond-the-river-a-practitioners-perspective/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/beyond-the-river-a-practitioners-perspective/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:41:53 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/beyond-the-river-a-practitioners-perspective/ Building real cooperation on transboundary waters is always a lengthy and complex journey. Embracing cooperation is no simple task for a nation state, not least because of the perceived costs of the erosion of sovereignty, however small that erosion might be. While there are many examples of where cooperation is non-existent or week, there are also examples of robust cooperation. This essay examines these questions through a practitioner’s lens to draw a few lessons from experience on why countries cooperate and how cooperation can be achieved.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 1 2009.

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