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

Transboundary 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 transboundar...

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Main Authors:	Leb, Christina, Henshaw, Taylor, Iqbal, Nausheen, Rehberger Bescos, Irene
Format:	Report
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED BASIN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FRESHWATER WATER SECURITY INSTITUTIONS COORDINATION FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29462

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spelling	okr-10986-294622021-05-25T09:12:13Z Promoting Development in Shared River Basins : Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management Leb, Christina Henshaw, Taylor Iqbal, Nausheen Rehberger Bescos, Irene RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED BASIN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FRESHWATER WATER SECURITY INSTITUTIONS COORDINATION FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT Transboundary 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. 2018-03-15T20:45:22Z 2018-03-15T20:45:22Z 2018-03-15 Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29462 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Public Sector Study Economic & Sector Work
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topic	RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED BASIN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FRESHWATER WATER SECURITY INSTITUTIONS COORDINATION FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED BASIN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FRESHWATER WATER SECURITY INSTITUTIONS COORDINATION FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT Leb, Christina Henshaw, Taylor Iqbal, Nausheen Rehberger Bescos, Irene Promoting Development in Shared River Basins : Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management
description	Transboundary 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.
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author	Leb, Christina Henshaw, Taylor Iqbal, Nausheen Rehberger Bescos, Irene
author_facet	Leb, Christina Henshaw, Taylor Iqbal, Nausheen Rehberger Bescos, Irene
author_sort	Leb, Christina
title	Promoting Development in Shared River Basins : Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management
title_short	Promoting Development in Shared River Basins : Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management
title_full	Promoting Development in Shared River Basins : Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management
title_fullStr	Promoting Development in Shared River Basins : Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management
title_full_unstemmed	Promoting Development in Shared River Basins : Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management
title_sort	promoting development in shared river basins : tools for enhancing transboundary basin management
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
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Promoting Development in Shared River Basins : Tools for Enhancing Transboundary Basin Management

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