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Undala, Alam (2012) Cooperating internationally over water : explaining l’espace OMVS. Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol.50 (No.2). pp. 175-199. doi:10.1017/S0022278X12000018 ISSN 0022-278X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x12000018
Abstract
Since the early 1960s, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal have cooperated over the Senegal river. Contrary to the norms of managing international rivers, the riparians have subjugated their sovereignty and incurred national debt to jointly develop the benefits from their shared river, despite intra-basin tensions and conflict. The Senegal experience highlights an alternative path to tackling
the consequences of climate change, poor water management and increasing demand. In seeking to explain the intensity of international cooperation displayed in the basin, this article examines the characteristics of international rivers and the Senegal basin’s history, and concludes that Pan-Africanism, francophonie and the political leaders’ attitudes to regional cooperation shaped l’espace OMVS.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Modern African Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0022-278X | ||||
Official Date: | June 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.50 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 175-199 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0022278X12000018 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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