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Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province / Wegerich, Kai; Soliev, Ilkhom ; Akramova, Indira

Wegerich, Kai	Article
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While in the international literature water sharing in the Syr Darya Basin per past agreements is widely portrayed as most benefiting Uzbekistan, here the dynamics of water allocation within small transboundary tributaries in Ferghana Province show Uzbekistan as benefiting least. The case study highlights that water allocation for Uzbekistan within the tributaries has decreased over the years. Uzbekistan's approach to compensate for the reduced allocations by means of other water sources has had large long-term cost implications for irrigated agriculture as well as the irrigation bureaucracy. This article contributes to the international debate on benefit sharing in transboundary rivers. The article highlights that costs should be incorporated into the benefit-sharing approach, and therefore the focus on benefit sharing alone is misguiding riparian states. Furthermore, the article raises the need to reevaluate benefits, since perceptions of potential benefits change over time.

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Central Asia ; Transboundary Benefit Sharing ; Long-Term Costs ; Irrigation Bureaucracy ; Pump Stations

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Water resources in Central Asia: regional stability or patchy make-up? / Wegerich, Kai

Wegerich, Kai	Journal Article
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2011.

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This article explores the cooperation after independence on four Central Asian transboundary rivers. The paper shows that, even though the Central Asian states agreed in 1992 to continue with the basic water-sharing principles, new agreements had to be made. New agreements were only made in basins with large-scale water-control infrastructure, which have transboundary significance or are transboundary themselves. The inequitable water allocation between the riparian states has continued and has not triggered new agreements.

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Central Asia ; Amu Darya ; Syr Darya ; Transboundary Basin ; Zerafshan ; Talas

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