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Saving a river: a joint management approach to the Mekong River Basin

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  • Houba, Harold
  • Pham Do, Kim Hang
  • Zhu, Xueqin

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The Mekong River Basin (MRB) is a trans-boundary river shared by six countries. The governance by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) of the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) is weak. This study investigates the welfare effects in the year 2030 arising from strengthening the MRC's governance versus joint management of the entire MRB. Without joint management, strengthening the MRC's governance has a huge potential to achieve welfare gains and it requires that the interests of all stakeholders be equally balanced. A bargaining approach shows that the LMB has no incentive to negotiate with China and is better off strengthening the MRC's governance instead. If such strengthening could be realized, further welfare gains of joint management by a wider and stronger MRC, including China, would be very small.

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  • Houba, Harold & Pham Do, Kim Hang & Zhu, Xueqin, 2013. "Saving a river: a joint management approach to the Mekong River Basin," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(1), pages 93-109, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:endeec:v:18:y:2013:i:01:p:93-109_00
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    1. Brian Blankespoor & Alan Basist & Ariel Dinar & Shlomi Dinar & Harold Houba & Neil Thomas, 2014. "Assessing the Economic and Political Impacts of Climate Change on International River Basins using Surface Wetness in the Zambezi and Mekong Basins," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 14-005/II, Tinbergen Institute.
    2. Harold Houba & Kim Hang Pham Do & Xueqin Zhu, 2018. "Options of optimal dam capacity under externality and uncertainty," Discussion Papers 1807, School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New Zealand.
    3. Erik Ansink & Harold Houba, 2014. "The Economics of Transboundary River Management," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 14-132/VIII, Tinbergen Institute.
    4. Harold Houba & Kim Hang Pham Do & Xueqin Zhu, 2014. "Capacity Choice of Dams under Rivalry Use and Externalities," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 14-143/II, Tinbergen Institute.

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