The supply and management of fresh water for the world's billions
of inhabitants is likely to be one of the most daunting challenges
of the coming century. For countries that share river basins with
others, questions of how best to use and protect precious water
resources always become entangled in complex political, legal,
environmental, and economic considerations. This book focuses on
the issues that face all international river basins by examining in
detail the Nile Basin and the ten countries that lay claim to its
waters.
John Waterbury applies collective action theory and
international relations theory to the challenges of the ten Nile
nations. Confronting issues ranging from food security and famine
prevention to political stability, these countries have yet to
arrive at a comprehensive understanding of how to manage the Nile's
resources. Waterbury proposes a series of steps leading to the
formulation of environmentally sound policies and regulations by
individual states, the establishment of accords among groups of
states, and the critical participation of third-party sources of
funding like the World Bank. He concludes that if there is to be a
solution to the dilemmas of the Nile Basin countries, it must be
based upon contractual understandings, brokered by third-party
funders, and based on the national interests of each basin
state.
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