scholarly journals Nile Basin Co-operation

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dahilon Yassin Mohamoda
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Nile Basin ◽  
Public Rhetoric ◽  
Nile Basin Initiative ◽  
Nile Water

Confrontation in the form of strong public rhetoric, which led to speculations about possible conflict over Nile water resources has during recent years given way to a spirit of co-operation that is evolving into the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI). While the initiative has made progress, serious challenges that could undermine such co-operation lie ahead.

Water resources management in the Nile basin: the economic value of cooperation

Water Policy ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Whittington ◽  
Xun Wu ◽  
Claudia Sadoff
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Nile Basin ◽  
Total Potential ◽  
Cooperative Development ◽  
Nile Basin Initiative ◽  
Development And Management

Since 1999 a multilateral effort termed the Nile Basin Initiative has been underway among the Nile riparians to explore opportunities for maximizing the benefits of the river's waters through cooperative development and management of the basin. However, to date there has been virtually no explicit discussion of the economic value of cooperative water resources development. We believe that a serious discourse among Nile riparians about the economics of Nile cooperation is both inevitable and desirable, and that this discourse will not diminish the importance of environmental, social, or cultural issues that new infrastructure on the Nile will entail. To initiate such a discussion, in this paper we present the results of the first economic model designed to optimize the water resources of the entire Nile basin. Total (potential) annual direct gross economic benefits of Nile water utilization in irrigation and hydroelectric power generation are estimated to be on the order of US$7–11 billion. This does not account for the costs of building or operating the infrastructure.

East African regional relations face a period of flux

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Nile Basin ◽  
East African ◽  
Content Type ◽  
East African Community ◽  
Nile Basin Initiative ◽  
African Community

Significance This may have a profound effect on East Africa’s two main regional blocs -- the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the East African Community (EAC). Impacts Trade tensions fuelled by incompatible COVID-19 strategies could ease after Burundi and Tanzania changed tack. Tanzanian re-engagement could help reinvigorate stalled regional infrastructure projects. Ethiopia may try to revive region-wide Nile Basin Initiative water talks, partly to isolate Egypt, partly to restore its own standing.

The legal frameworks of the Nile Basin: Opportunities and challenges / Cadres juridiques du bassin du Nil : opportunités et obstacles

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 185-203
Author(s):  
Dereje Zeleke Mekonnen
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Grand Challenge ◽  
Nile Basin ◽  
Freshwater Resources ◽  
Formidable Challenge ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Droit International ◽  
Legal Frameworks

The use of shared natural resources is a difficult task and the use of trans-boundary freshwater resources poses an even greater challenge, with a higher propensity for conflict. The belated development of international law in the area has contributed considerably to the difficulties. The essence of the international legal regime governing the use of shared water resources is anchored in the twin principles of equitable and reasonable use and no significant harm. Concluding a lasting deal governing the use and protection of shared freshwater resources by taking all relevant factors into account within an inclusive legal and institutional framework is the standard approach. The Nile Basin exhibits peculiar features that make equitable and sustainable use of the water resources a daunting task, depriving the Basin states of the opportunity for cooperative development and shared use. Ensuring the equitable and sustainable use of the Nile waters has been an elusive objective pursued by the riparian countries for over half a century. The existing legal frameworks, especially the colonial and early postcolonial ones, still constitute a formidable challenge to the new cooperative legal framework that began to take shape in the late 1990s, thus keeping the Basin in a legal and hydro-political stasis that has stalled progress and might even undo hard-won achievements. L’utilisation des ressources communes est une tâche difficile et l’utilisation transfrontalière des ressources en eau douce pose encore un plus grand challenge avec une grande propension au conflit. Le développement tardif du droit international dans la région a considérablement contribué aux problèmes. L’essence du régime juridique international régissant l’utilisation commune des ressources en eaux est soutenue par le double principe de l’utilisation équitable et raisonnable et pas de préjudice significatif. L’approche standard est de conclure un accord durable régissant l’utilisation et la protection des ressources communes en eau douce tenant en compte tous les facteurs importants dans un cadre juridique et institutionnel inclusif. Le Bassin du Nil présente des caractéristiques particulières qui rend l’utilisation équitable et raisonnable des ressources en eau une tâche ardue privant ainsi les États du Bassin de la possibilité d’un développement coopératif et d’une utilisation partagée. Assurer l’utilisation équitable et durable des eaux du Nil est un objectif illusoire poursuivi par les pays riverains depuis plus d’un demi-siècle. Les régimes juridiques existants, ceux spécialement coloniaux et post coloniaux, constituent toujours un énorme obstacle pour le nouveau régime juridique coopératif qui a commencé à prendre forme vers la fin des années 1990, maintenant ainsi le Bassin dans une stagnation juridique et hydro-politique qui a freiné les progrès et pourrait même éventuellement défaire les accomplissements durement acquis.

CORRESPONDENCE. MEASUREMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THE WATER RESOURCES OF THE NILE BASIN.

1954 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 580-594
Author(s):  
H E HURST ◽  
S LELIAVSKY ◽  
R P BLACK ◽  
R B BULMAN ◽  
W ALLARD
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Nile Basin
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