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Cascao East Anglia Cooperation Benefit Sharing
1. Transboundary water cooperation in the Nile Basin: generating and sharing benefits? Ana Elisa Cascão King’s College of London/ London Water Research Group DEV Seminars University of East Anglia 6th March 2009
7. Benefit-Sharing Paradigm Benefits to the river Benefits from the river Benefits because of the river Benefits beyond the river BENEFITS OF COOPERATION Environmental Social Economic Political Sadoff and Grey 2002, 2005 “ A focus on sharing the benefits derived from the use of water, rather than the allocation of water itself, provides far greater scope for identifying mutually beneficial cooperative actions”
8. Benefit & Cost Sharing Matrix Level Types of benefits Environmental Social Economic Political Regional National Local BENEFIT & COST SHARING MATRIX Benefits Costs/Constraints
18. Why the benefit-sharing paradigm did not work (so far) in the Nile Basin? CONCEPTUAL REASONS Poorly understood and not coherently developed Extremely theoretical and complex Rational and economicist model No clear rationale POLITICAL REASONS Water-Sharing is still the main political priority Self-interests and sovereignty still guides political decision Poor understanding of basin-wide management & cooperation NBI – no benefits delivered * Need to develop the concept further * Need to identify concrete development opportunities, incentives and trade-offs * Need to integrate BS and WS negotiations
