Compliance and performance in international water agreements: The case of the Naryn/Syr Darya basin

Global Governance

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 479-501

  Bernauer, Thomas ^a,b   Siegfried, Tobias ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Center for Comparative and International Studies   (Switzerland)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Governance; International cooperation; Naryn Syr Darya; Performance; Toktogul dam; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649123626     PISSN: 10752846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/19426720-01404006     Document Type: Article

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