International and local benefit sharing in hydropower projects on shared rivers: The Ruzizi III and Rusumo Falls cases

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1087-1103

  Dombrowsky, Ines ^a   Bastian, Julia ^b   Däschle, Daniel ^c   Heisig, Simon ^d   Peters, Johannes ^e   Vosseler, Christian ^f  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ GmbH Good Financial Governance in Africa c o GIZ South Africa   (South Africa)

^c Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ GmbH Support the Water Sector Development in Tanzania Lake Rukwa Basin Water Office   (Tanzania)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^e Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ GmbH Initiative du Cajou Africain Bureau Régional Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^f KFW Entwicklungsbank   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compensation; Hydropower projects; International benefit sharing; International cooperation; Local benefit sharing; Resettlement; Rusumo Falls; Ruzizi III; Shared rivers; Social effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919962421     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.104     Document Type: Article

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