1st Edition

Transboundary Water Governance and International Actors in South Asia The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin

By Paula Hanasz Copyright 2018
204 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

International organisations such as the World Bank began to intervene in the transboundary water governance of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin in the mid-2000s, and the South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI) is its most ambitious project in this regard. Yet neither SAWI nor other international initiatives, such as those of the Australian and UK governments, have been able to significantly... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: International actors in the resolution of transboundary water conflicts

Chapter 2: Legacies and challenges for water governance in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed

Chapter 3: The transboundary water governance agenda in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed *

Chapter 4: Why are international actors interested in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed?

Chapter 5: Normative claims of international actors

Chapter 6: From water conflict to water cooperation through the World Bank?

Chapter 7: Mixed reactions to foreign-led initiatives from riparian stakeholders

Chapter 8: Obstacles to positive water interaction in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed

Chapter 9: The small issue of the big brother; the effect of India’s hydro-hegemony

Chapter 10: Limitations of foreign-led approaches

Chapter 11: Structural challenges in the global system of foreign aid

Chapter 12: Insights for international actors in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed and beyond

Conclusions

Biography

Paula Hanasz has completed a PhD at the Australian National University, Australia. She consults on issues of defence, national security and non-traditional security threats.

"Paula Hanasz not only provides a very careful analysis of factors responsible for lack of effective cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin among the riparian countries, but also suggests some thoughtful ways forward. Anyone interested in transboundary water governance in South Asia will treasure this book." - Ashok Swain, Dept of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden

"...this is a must read for the students and scholars of development studies, environment, sustainability, social sciences, humanities and geography across diverse disciplines." - Naresh Kumar, Loal Environment (2018)