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Exploring Benefits And Scope Of Cooperation In Transboundary Water Sharing In The Amu Darya Basin

In: Management of Transboundary Water Resources under Scarcity A Multidisciplinary Approach

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  • ANIK BHADURI
  • MAKSUD BEKCHANOV

Abstract

This chapter assesses ex-ante the Rogun Dam project in Tajikistan and examines different possibilities of water allocation between the riparian countries and trade-offs across competing uses for water resources. A hydro-economic optimization model is used in the chapter to quantify the impacts of dam operations on energy production and irrigation water availability. The chapter finds that the economic impacts of the dam depend on its operation. Under the case of sustained cooperation, loss of the downstream countries, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, could be insignificant from the construction of Rogun Dam by the upstream country, Tajikistan. However, any unilateral diversion of water in the upstream for increased hydropower benefits may lead to a larger loss for downstream countries. This justifies for a strong need for trust and cooperation among the riparian countries over managing water infrastructural resources and for achieving sustainable growth.

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  • Anik Bhaduri & Maksud Bekchanov, 2017. "Exploring Benefits And Scope Of Cooperation In Transboundary Water Sharing In The Amu Darya Basin," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Ariel Dinar & Yacov Tsur (ed.), Management of Transboundary Water Resources under Scarcity A Multidisciplinary Approach, chapter 2, pages 35-63, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789814740050_0002
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    Keywords

    International Water; Climate Change; Population Growth; Economic Development; Pollution; International Relations; Water Law; ; Economic Optimization; Water Scarcity; Conflict; Cooperation;
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    JEL classification:

    • N50 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy
    • Q26 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources
    • Q34 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts

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