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Promoting Development in Shared River Basins: Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management

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dc.contributor.authorLeb, Christina
dc.contributor.authorHenshaw, Taylor
dc.contributor.authorIqbal, Nausheen
dc.contributor.authorRehberger Bescos, Irene
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-15T20:45:22Z
dc.date.available2018-03-15T20:45:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-15
dc.description.abstractTransboundary freshwater systems create inevitable linkages and interdependencies between countries. The use of shared water resources by one country will, in most cases, impact other countries sharing the same system. At the same time, coordination among countries in the development of transboundary basins can yield greater benefits than would be available to individual countries pursuing individual development. UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 Target 5 recognizes this potential, calling on the world community to implement integrated water resources management at all levels, “including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate.” With a growing number of basins in which water use and demand permanently or temporarily exceeds the amount of renewable water available, and uncertainty from climate change, SDG Target 6.5 becomes increasingly relevant to development interventions designed to secure availability of supplies and create resilience. This study aims to contribute to relevant knowledge for achieving SDG Target 6.5. It identifies an array of tools derived from the international experience that can be used by countries and development partners—distinguishing between tools available to each—in their efforts to develop more water secure economies and societies through harnessing the shared freshwater resources of transboundary basins, while also preventing or mitigating transboundary harm that may otherwise result. The study guides the reader through a three-stage process for choosing the most appropriate tools for the development and management of transboundary freshwater resources.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29462
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29462
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectRIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectINTEGRATED BASIN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOOPERATION
dc.subjectFRESHWATER
dc.subjectWATER SECURITY
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectCOORDINATION
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT
dc.titlePromoting Development in Shared River Basinsen
dc.title.subtitleTools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Managementen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29449 Case Studies from International Experience
okr.crossref.titlePromoting Development in Shared River Basins
okr.date.disclosure2018-03-15
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Public Sector Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29462
okr.language.supporteden
okr.topicEnvironment::Water Resources Management
okr.topicWater Resources::River Basin Management
okr.topicWater Resources::Transboundary Water Management
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Policy & Governance
okr.topicWater Resources::Watershed Management
okr.unitWater Global Practice
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