Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location

This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions. The paper estimates econometric models of the location of major dams around the world as a function of the degree of internation...

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Main Authors:	Olmstead, Sheila M., Sigman, Hilary
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	BASIN BASIN MANAGEMENT CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS CONSEQUENCES OF DAMS DAM DAM BUILDING DAM CONSTRUCTION DAM HEIGHT DAM LOCATION DAM SERVICES DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATER DIVERTING WATER DOWNSTREAM AREAS DOWNSTREAM COUNTRIES DRAINAGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL BENEFITS FREE-FLOWING RIVERS FRESH WATER FRESH WATER RESOURCES FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER SOURCES HEIGHT OF DAMS HYDRO DAMS HYDROELECTRIC DAMS HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER IMPACTS OF DAMS IMPOUNDMENT IN-STREAM WATER QUALITY INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS INTERNATIONAL RIVERS INTERNATIONAL WATER INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL WATERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAKE LAKES LAND AREA LARGE DAM LARGE DAMS LARGE RESERVOIRS LIVESTOCK WATERING MAJOR DAMS MAJOR RIVER MANAGEMENT OF WATER NEW DAM PAPER PLANTS POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION DENSITY POWER GENERATION RAINFALL RESERVOIR RESERVOIR CAPACITY RIPARIAN RIPARIAN COUNTRIES RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASINS RIVER DAMS RIVER DISCHARGE RIVER MANAGEMENT RIVER MOUTH RIVER POLLUTION RIVER SUBBASINS RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS RUNOFF SEASONAL FLOWS SEDIMENT DEPOSITION SHARED WATER RESOURCES SMALLER DAMS SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE CAPACITY STREAM STREAM WATER STREAM WATER QUALITY SURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS TREATIES TRIBUTARIES UPSTREAM AREA URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY VERY LARGE DAMS WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER STORAGE WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WELL INTERFERENCE WORLD RIVER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19898939/damming-commons-empirical-analysis-international-cooperation-conflict-dam-location http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19384

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19384

Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location

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