Applying Game Theory to Water Conflicts in International River Basins

ISBN-13: 9783639137859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 132 str.

Xun Wu

Opis

Nation-states rarely go to war over water, but it isalso rare that water conflicts inan international river basin are resolved throughcooperation among the riparian countriesthat use the shared resources. One interpretation forthe lack of success is that the magnitude ofpotential gains from cooperation is largely unknownfor most international rivers, and riparian countriesmay have an incomplete or even inaccurateknowledge of cooperative opportunities. In addition,gains from cooperation will mean little to individualriparians unless the required cooperative behaviorsare incentive compatible. Game theory offers useful insights for assessingcooperative solutions for water conflicts ininternational river basins. Applying cooperative gametheory concepts such as core, nucleolus, and Shapleyvalue to Nile water conflicts, we examine theincentive structure of both cooperative andnoncooperative strategies for different ripariancountries and establish some baseline conditions forincentive-compatible cooperation in the Nile basin.

O autorze

Dr. Xun Wu teaches in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at
the National University of Singapore. He specializes in the
analysis and evaluation of policy reforms in developing
countries, with emphasis on social and environmental sectors. He
received his PhD in Public Policy Analysis from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.