Compliance and Performance in International Water Agreements
The Case of the Naryn/Syr Darya Basin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12430778 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Bernauer (0000-0002-3775-6245, corresponding author), Tobias Siegfried (0000-0002-2995-9253) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 479-501 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720 |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1163/19426720-01404006 |
| OpenAlex | W1490847635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 5 |
Many case studies and some large-N research have shown that upstreamdownstream cooperation in international river basins occurs quite frequently. The same holds for global water governance efforts more generally. Yet such findings are blind in one eye because they focus primarily on political commitments or compliance with international agreements. A policy performance metric (PER) allows for a more substantive assessment of success or failure in international water governance. To test its usefulness, this article applies this metric to the Naryn/Syr Darya basin, a major international river system in Central Asia. Management of the Toktogul reservoir, the main reservoir in the Naryn/Syr Darya basin, was internationalized in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. Compliance with an international agreement, concluded in 1998, has been quite high. This agreement establishes an international trade-off between water releases for upstream hydropower production in winter and water releases for downstream irrigation in summer. However, performance of this agreement over time has been very low and highly variable. The management system in place is therefore in urgent need of reform. Studies of international and global water governance should pay more attention to the degree to which political commitments actually further de facto problem solving. KEYWORDS: international cooperation, governance, compliance, performance, water management, Naryn/Syr Darya, Toktogul dam
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |