EXPLORING BENEFITS AND SCOPE OF COOPERATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER SHARING IN THE AMU DARYA BASIN

Anik Bhaduri and Maksud Bekchanov

Chapter 2 in Management of Transboundary Water Resources under Scarcity:A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2017, pp 35-63 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

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.

Keywords: International Water; Climate Change; Population Growth; Economic Development; Pollution; International Relations; Water Law; Economic Optimization; Water Scarcity; Conflict; Cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N50 O13 P48 Q26 Q28 Q34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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