Addressing Power Asymmetry: How Transboundary Water Management May Serve to Reduce Poverty

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:51:10 +0000

Improved transboundary water management (TWM) can bring benefits for poor people living within shared basins. This report explores how power asymmetry mediates the relationship between TWM and poverty reduction. It offers an essential message for those designing and leading TWM policy and projects: Failure to engage the basin hegemon constructively will hamper effective TWM cooperation, but the most effective strategy to confront power asymmetries will vary from basin to basin. Different options to provide strategic support and enable effective TWM are provided to help guide decision-makers towards the best alternatives to fit their local context.

Getting Transboundary Water Right: Theory and Practice for Effective Cooperation

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:42:25 +0000

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.

Stockholm International Water Institute » Mark Zeitoun

Addressing Power Asymmetry: How Transboundary Water Management May Serve to Reduce Poverty

Getting Transboundary Water Right: Theory and Practice for Effective Cooperation