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Long- and short-term determinants of water user cooperation: Experimental evidence from Central Asia

Year: 2018

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water governance, IWRM, Transboundary cooperation Irrigation,

Authors: Iroda Amirova, Martin Petrick, Nodir Djanibekov

Countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Source: World Development

This study contributes to the understanding of long- and short-term determinants of cooperation among water users. We experimentally investigate the potential of water users’ self-governance in enhancing their contributions to a common pool as opposed to external regulation. Our focus is on the irrigated areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.




International watercourses, international water law and Central Asia

Year: 2018

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water, Water law

Authors: Paisley Richard Kyle

Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

Source: Central Asian Journal of Water Research



Empowering women in water diplomacy: a basic mapping of the challenges in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan

Year: 2018

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water diplomacy, Gender, IWRM, Water Security

Authors: Natasha Carmi, Mey Alsayegh, Maysoon Zoubi

Countries:

Source: Journal of Hydrology

Until now, limited attention has been afforded to the role of, and challenges faced by, women involved in water diplomacy. In addition to research being at an early stage, it is mainly focused on addressing the challenges imposed by gender inequality. Thus very few applicable policy recommendations have emerged in this field to date.

This paper will explore and identify current challenges that face the women interested in attaining high level positions in water diplomacy, in three Arab countries in which hydropolitics prevails, including Jordan, Lebanon and the State of Palestine. Female experts working on water-related issues were surveyed and interviewed to ascertain key qualitative issues, perceptions and various challenges.



Anchoring water diplomacy – The legal nature of international river basin organizations

Year: 2018

Collections: Scientific Publications, Review article

Topics: Water, Water diplomacy

Authors: Susanne Schmeier, Zaki Shubber

Countries:

Source: Journal of Hydrology

Water diplomacy needs institutional anchoring. International River Basin Organizations (RBOs) – being the result of diplomatic efforts by riparian states intending to create a framework for cooperation between themselves over shared water bodies – can provide such institutional anchors. RBOs ensure that agreements to cooperate are turned into a long-term commitment by riparian states to jointly manage shared water resources and, in turn, foster mutually beneficial cooperation over time. RBOs have been the subject of detailed examinations of their conceptual core, of their manifold functions, of their effectiveness in achieving their goals and so forth. However, the legal nature of these entities has so far received limited attention notwithstanding its significance in empowering RBOs to act as institutional anchors for water diplomacy.



Local Water Management in Tajikistan: Legal Framework

Year: 2017

Collections: Scientific Publications

Topics: Climate, Sustainable Development, Green business

Authors: Kabilov Firdavs

Countries: Tajikistan

Source: Central Asian Journal of Water Research



Future bottlenecks in international river basins: where transboundary institutions, population growth and hydrological variability intersect

Year: 2017

Collections: Research Paper

Topics: Water, Transboundary cooperation

Authors: Marloes H.N. Bakker, James A. Duncan

Countries:

Source: Water International

Using global data, this article examines the nexus of transboundary flood events and future social vulnerability. Which international river basins are forecast to experience an increase in both hydrological variability and population in the future, but currently lack institutional provisions to deal with these shared events?



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