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Understanding and overcoming risks to cooperation along transboundary rivers

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  • This study reviews the experience of cooperation in five international river basins, focusing on the perceptions of risks and opportunities by country decision makers responding to a specific prospect of cooperation, and the effects of risk reduction and opportunity enhancement on the cooperation process. We explore the following five categories of risk: Capacity and Knowledge; Accountability and Voice; Sovereignty and Autonomy; Equity and Access; and Stability and Support. We surmise that risk perception plays a key and less understood role in decision making processes over shared rivers cooperation, and conclude that countries and third parties can best achieve sustainable cooperation when long-term investments are made in risk reduction. We also point to areas for further study to better understand the motivations for cooperation.
  • Keywords: Freshwater agreements, Political opportunity, Perceived risks, Shared rivers, Risk reduction, Transboundary rivers, Cooperation, International waters, Decision making
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  • Subramanian, A., Brown, B., & Wolf, A. T. (2014). Understanding and overcoming risks to cooperation along transboundary rivers. Water Policy, 16(5), 824-843. doi:10.2166/wp.2014.010
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  • 16
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  • Support from the World Bank’s Water Partnership Program is acknowledged with appreciation.
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