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Transboundary Water Governance in the Volta and Limpopo

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Transboundary Water Governance in the Volta and Limpopo towards an African Indigenous model
There are over 60 international river basins in Africa, and virtually every African country shares at least one of them. However, few effective basin management organizations are in place. An African solution While experiences from other areas of the world can provide insights, unique historic, economic and political realities suggest that an "indigenous" approach to transboundary water management may be most suited to the African context.	Case studies in this project will focus on the Volta and Limpopo basins. Lessons will be generalized for application throughout Africa.
Project objectives Develop a generic model for building local indigenous institutional principles into African international river basin institutions. Build capacity for more effective management from the local to basin scale in the Volta and Limpopo, and provide meaningful guidelines for improving the management of other African basins. Strengthen regional research capacity to address socio-institutional and gender aspects.
The question: How can the experience and needs of people such as those depicted here be effectively included in African transboundary institutions?

Participating institutions

NARES-Volta Water Research Institute, Ghana Water Research Commission, Ghana Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso NARES-Limpopo African Water Issues Research Unit, University of Pretoria, RSA University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe WaterNet, Zimbabwe	CGIAR Centers International Water Management Institute International Food Policy Research Institute
Project Leader: Doug Merrey

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Last update: 05/25/2007