5.06 Yacob Arsano
Key Imperatives of Cooperation in the Nile Basin
Ethiopia is endowed with numerous trans-boundary water resources. Out of the 12 water basins eight are trans-boundary and flow out of the country in all directions. Geopolitically, Ethiopia is linked virtually with all her neighbors with trans-boundary waters. To a much extent the countries bordering on Ethiopia are arid and permanent recipients of waters from Ethiopia. On the other hand Ethiopia is a water tower of Northeastern Africa whose trans-boundary waters perennially replenish the downstream riparian countries. While Ethiopia possesses immense potential for water driven development the neighboring counties have equally immense opportunities for cooperation on the shared waters. All trans-boundary waters of Ethiopia, including those within the Nile Basin, present themselves as real subjects of research with the objective of exploring, examining and analyzing the environmental, socio-economic, security, institutional, etc. dimensions of interactions between Ethiopia and the downstream neighbors. Scholars, policy makers and graduate students are encouraged to participate in this highly relevant panel.
ACCEPTED PAPERS
| Mr | ARKA ABOTA | Hydropolitics of Omo-Turkana: Its Impact on Ethio-Kenya Relations |
| Mr & Mr | DEBASH YIMAM & EBRAHIM DAMTEW ALYOU | Oral Traditions on the River Abay and the Ethiopian Public: A Historical Reappraisal |
| Ms | FIREHIWOT SINTAYEHU BAHIRU | Hydropolitics of the Baro-Akobo/Sobat Basin: Implications for Regional Relations |
| Mr | TEFERI MEKONNEN | The Eastern Nile Waters Issue: A History of Mistrust, Confrontation and Attempts at Cooperation, 1950s to 2002 |
| Mr | WONDWOSEN MICHAGO SEIDE | Hydro-Mentality over the Nile River:The New Cooperation Approach? |
| Mr | WUHIBEGEZER FEREDE | The Pan-Africanization of African Rivers: Towards a Continental Water Regime |
| Mr | ZERIHUN ABEBE YIGZAW | Ethiopia in the Nile Basin Hydropolitics: A Journey From Observer to A Change Maker in The Quest for An Equitable and Reasonable Regime in the Nile Basin |
| Mr | ZERUBABEL GETACHEW | The Promise of Energy Cooperation in the Nile Basin |