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The Niger River Basin : A Vision for Sustainable Management

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dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Inger
dc.contributor.authorDione, Ousmane
dc.contributor.authorJarosewich-Holder, Martha
dc.contributor.authorOlivry, Jean-Claude
dc.contributor.authorGolitzen, Katherin George
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T15:54:37Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T15:54:37Z
dc.date.issued2008-10
dc.description.abstractThe Niger River Basin Authority (NBA) brings together nine countries to promote integrated water resources management across political borders. The nine - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria have embraced a shared vision to build institutional capacity, political agreement, and public support for cooperation. The countries agree that sustainable management and development of the basin's water resources are necessary to meet natural and man-made threats to their shared resources, and that progress can be achieved by integrating technical data on the hydrology and geography of the river system with judicious political and economic policy. The Niger river basin, home to 100 million people, is a vital and complex asset of West and Central Africa. The continent's third-longest river, the Niger is more than just a source of water. For the people of the nine countries it is a source of identity, a route for migration and commerce, a source of conflict, and now a catalyst for cooperation. Niger, with about 23 percent of the Basin within its borders, depends on river navigation (through Nigeria) to reach the sea. Nigeria, a major food grower on rain-fed and irrigated land, is the final downstream country. Its borders enclose some 80 percent of the Basin's population and about 28 percent of its territory.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10030578/niger-river-basin-vision-sustainable-management
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/11747
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/11747
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWater P-Notes; No. 16
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO MARKETS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectANNUAL FLOODS
dc.subjectANNUAL FLOW
dc.subjectBASIN COUNCIL
dc.subjectBASIN COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectDROUGHT MITIGATION
dc.subjectDRY PERIODS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectEVAPORATION
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectFRESHWATER
dc.subjectGRASSLANDS
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER AQUIFERS
dc.subjectHEAD OF CATTLE
dc.subjectHIGH RAINFALL
dc.subjectHYDROLOGY
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL USE
dc.subjectINTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectIRRIGATED FARMING
dc.subjectIRRIGATED LAND
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLAKES
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectMAJOR RIVERS
dc.subjectMILLION PEOPLE
dc.subjectRAIN
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRAINY SEASON
dc.subjectRIVER
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN AUTHORITY
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectRIVER COMMISSION
dc.subjectRIVER FLOW
dc.subjectRIVER NAVIGATION
dc.subjectRIVER SYSTEM
dc.subjectROUTE
dc.subjectSEA
dc.subjectSOIL
dc.subjectSURFACE AREA
dc.subjectTREATMENT PLANTS
dc.subjectTRIBUTARIES
dc.subjectTRIBUTARY
dc.subjectUSE OF WATER
dc.subjectVEGETATION
dc.subjectWASTEWATER
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCE
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectWATER SECTOR
dc.subjectWATERSHED
dc.subjectWETLANDS
dc.titleThe Niger River Basin : A Vision for Sustainable Managementen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:26:04.763113Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10030578/niger-river-basin-vision-sustainable-management
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeWater
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333038_20081117230704
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum10030578
okr.identifier.report46468
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryNiger
okr.topicWater Resources::Drought Management
okr.topicWater Resources::River Basin Management
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Systems
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topicRural Development::Common Property Resource Development
okr.unitSoc.
okr.unitEnv. & Water Resources (SASDI)
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