Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier Recent documents in Edward B Barbier en-us Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:15:54 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/110 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/110 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:31:47 PDT Edward B. Barbier http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/109 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/109 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:38:46 PDT In the paper, using a political altruism model, we make an attempt to explain why an upstream country might agree to a treaty that recognizes and enforces the water claims of a downstream country. In a natural extension of the standard economic model, it is possible to explain the above phenomena, by allowing for altruism between countries. The altruistic concerns of the countries are dependent on the other country's willingness to have a good political relationship. If both the countries maintain favorable political relations with one another, then the upstream country will care about the impacts of its water diversion on the downstream country's welfare. The paper also illustrates the case of water sharing of the Ganges River between India and Bangladesh. The Ganges River, like many other rivers in the world, ignores political boundaries. In Bangladesh, the final downstream country along with Ganges, freshwater availability depends on the share of water diverted by the upstream country, India. For decades, India and Bangladesh failed to resolve the water-sharing issues of the Ganges River. However in 1996, both India and Bangladesh signed a major new agreement on water sharing (Ganges River Treaty) in an effort to resolve the dispute. Using the political altruism model developed in the paper, we examine why despite needing more water than is available under the treaty, India has adapted to shortages instead of resorting to conflict with Bangladesh. Anik Bhaduri http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/108 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/108 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:20:24 PDT Edward B. Barbier http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/107 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/107 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:16:13 PDT Edward B. Barbier http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/106 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/106 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:59:31 PDT Edward B. Barbier http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/105 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/105 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:55:19 PDT Edward B. Barbier http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/104 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/104 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:52:40 PDT Edward B. Barbier http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/103 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/103 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:49:44 PDT Edward B. Barbier http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/102 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/102 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:46:04 PDT Edward B. Barbier http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/101 http://works.bepress.com/edward_barbier/101 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:33:47 PDT Anik Bhaduri