Linking rivers in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Basin: exploring the transboundary effects

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cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
dc.contributor.authorBhaduri, Aniken
dc.contributor.authorBarbier, Brunoen
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-13T11:40:47Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-13T11:40:47Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/38131
dc.titleLinking rivers in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Basin: exploring the transboundary effectsen
dcterms.abstractThe following paper explores the possible inter-linkage of the Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basin and analyzes its effect on future water allocation between the upstream country, India, and the downstream country, Bangladesh. We find that water transfer from the Brahmaputra River could be mutually beneficial for both countries. However, the only possible motivation for the richer upstream country, India, to agree to transfer water to the poorer downstream country, Bangladesh, is political altruism. Using a political economy model we find that, if there is a good political relationship between India and Bangladesh, then India could be altruistic toward Bangladesh and transfer more water downstream. Changes in political altruism factor, however, could entice India to exercise unilateral diversion, in which case simulations predict that Bangladesh would incur large environmental damages. Political uncertainty may also result in unilateral diversion of water by India, and could prevent agreement on water transfers from the Brahmaputra. We therefore explore the conditions under which Bangladesh could accept an Indian proposal to transfer water from Brahmaputra, despite political uncertainty.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBhaduri, Anik; Barbier, E. 2008. Linking rivers in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Basin: exploring the transboundary effects. In Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Sharma, Bharat R. (Eds.) Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Analyses of Hydrological, Social and Ecological Issues of the NRLP, New Delhi, India, 9-10 October 2007. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.373-395.en
dcterms.descriptionIn Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Sharma, Bharat R. (Eds.) Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Analyses of Hydrological, Social and Ecological Issues of the NRLP, New Delhi, India, 9-10 October 2007. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)en
dcterms.extentp. 373-395en
dcterms.issued2008
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectriver basin managementen
dcterms.subjectriver basin developmenten
dcterms.subjectdevelopment projectsen
dcterms.subjectinternational cooperationen
dcterms.subjectwater transferen
dcterms.subjectwater allocationen
dcterms.subjectplanningen
dcterms.subjectflowen
dcterms.subjectsimulation modelsen
dcterms.subjectcomputer softwareen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental effectsen
dcterms.subjectrisksen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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