Title The MENA powers and the Nile Basin Initiative / Simon H. Okoth

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xxxix, 269 pages) : illustrations (black and white) Contents Part I. The conflict, murmurs of war, and response. Conflict in the Nile Basin -- Murmurs of war -- The response -- Lessons learned -- Part II. Navigating solutions through theoretical lenses. Theoretical solutions -- Part III. Short-term solutions. Ideal third-party meditation -- Bilateral agreements and litigations -- Part IV. Long-term solutions. Renegotiate, partition, apportion of the waters, and contextualize negotiation -- Part V. Policy recommendations and conclusions. Policy recommendations and conclusions Summary This book presents the current conflict in the Middle East and North Africa over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the biggest in Africa. The project explains why economic, and to some extent political, survival is at the core of the conflict, specifically between Egypt and Ethiopia. Although the problem started with insistence of no dam by Egypt and subsequently narrowed down to a filling up period of the reservoir and technical operations of the dam, finding a solution agreeable to both nations has been elusive for the past eight years. Ensuring water for all members in the Basin is consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, particularly given the looming effects of climate change, increasing population, urbanization, and rising consumptive water uses. Simon H. Okoth is professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed July 17, 2023) Subject Nile Basin Initiative. SUBJECT Nile Basin Initiative fast Subject Water resources development -- Government policy -- Egypt Water resources development -- Government policy -- Ethiopia Water resources development -- Economic aspects -- Egypt Water resources development -- Economic aspects -- Ethiopia International economic relations Water resources development -- Economic aspects Water resources development -- Government policy SUBJECT Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Ethiopia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2017003531 Middle East -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa, North Africa, North -- Foreign economic relations -- Middle East Subject Egypt Ethiopia Ethiopia -- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Middle East North Africa Form Electronic book ISBN 9783030839819 3030839818

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