The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin

This important and unique collection captures a living experiment in the Nile Basin. Ethiopia shattered the basin's status quo by launching construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Africa's largest hydroelectric project. Important precedents in managing transboundary resources may be set as Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia thrash out sharing benefits as well as water. The contributors address the legal issues, the regional politics and the projected economic impact of Ethiopia's unilateral action. - John Waterbury, President Emeritus, the American University of Beirut, Lebanon 'This important volume examines the impacts of the GERD project through an interdisciplinary lens, incorporating insights from the fields of law, political science, economics and hydrology. As the contributors show, the game-changing nature of the GERD may introduce a new era of cooperation on the Nile. - Stephen McCaffrey, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, USA Cooperative management of transboundary fresh waters is a great challenge of our time - nowhere more so than in the Nile basin, with eleven riparian nations and the world's longest river. This scholarly book makes an invaluable contribution at a turning point in Nile history. The authors, many with long experience studying Nile issues, have woven together an important interdisciplinary study of the risks and opportunities arising from the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, linking Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. - David Grey, Visting Professor of Water Policy, University of Oxford, UK