Flood Pulses, International Watercourse Law, and Common Pool Resources: a Case Study of the Mekong Lowlands

Coleen Fox and Chris Sneddon

No RP2005-20, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In river basins around the world, formal agreements based on international watercourse law are seen as important mechanisms for promoting sustainability and cooperation. While such agreements have been effective in avoiding conflict between states in the short-term, success at the international scale can, paradoxically, undermine the foundations of ecological and social sustainability at the local scale, thereby threatening long-term stability.

Keywords: Agriculture; Environmental economics; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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