The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin - 9780367376901

Taylor & Francis

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile BasinImplications for Transboundary Water Cooperation\nAuthor(s): Zeray Yihdego, Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Ana Elisa Casco\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367376901, 978-0367376901\nSynopsis\nThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will not only be Africas largest dam, but it is also essential for future cooperation and development in the Nile River Basin and East African region. This book, after setting out basin-level legal and policy successes and failures of managing and sharing Nile waters, articulates the opportunities and challenges surrounding the GERD through multiple disciplinary lenses. \n\nIt sets out its possibilities as a basis for a new era of cooperation, its regional and global implications, the benefits of cooperation and coordination in dam filling, and the need for participatory and transparent decision making. By applying law, political scienc.