Transboundary river cooperation and the regional public good: the case of the Mekong River
Transboundary river cooperation and the regional public good: the case of the Mekong River
The article compares three cooperation projects in the Mekong River basin: the Greater Mekong Subregion, the Quadripartite Economic Cooperation initiative and the Mekong River Commission. It analyses the three projects by asking if and how they produce a regional public good. Part of the public good discussion is participatory governance, which, in natural resource management, has become a prominent proposal for enhancing the efficiency of resource management by involving all relevant stakeholders. The central question is whether participatory governance leads to the avoidance of conflict, better resource management, and thus the creation or maintenance of a regional public good. The article will address the relevance of these concepts for watershed management of the Mekong River.
mekong river, greater mekong subregion, mekong river commission, quadripartite economic cooperation, transboundary water cooperation, participatory governance
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Hensengerth, Oliver
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August 2009
Hensengerth, Oliver
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Hensengerth, Oliver
(2009)
Transboundary river cooperation and the regional public good: the case of the Mekong River.
Contemporary Southeast Asia, 31 (2), .
Abstract
The article compares three cooperation projects in the Mekong River basin: the Greater Mekong Subregion, the Quadripartite Economic Cooperation initiative and the Mekong River Commission. It analyses the three projects by asking if and how they produce a regional public good. Part of the public good discussion is participatory governance, which, in natural resource management, has become a prominent proposal for enhancing the efficiency of resource management by involving all relevant stakeholders. The central question is whether participatory governance leads to the avoidance of conflict, better resource management, and thus the creation or maintenance of a regional public good. The article will address the relevance of these concepts for watershed management of the Mekong River.
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Published date: August 2009
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mekong river, greater mekong subregion, mekong river commission, quadripartite economic cooperation, transboundary water cooperation, participatory governance
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ISSN: 0129-797X
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