Measuring Transboundary Water Cooperation

Download or read book Measuring Transboundary Water Cooperation written by Saruchera, D. and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water cooperation has received prominent focus in the post-2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While proposals for measuring water cooperation appear to be converging toward a small set of indicators, the degree to which these proposed indicators draw on past work is unclear. This paper mines relevant past work to generate guidance for monitoring the proposed SDG target related to transboundary water cooperation. Potential measures of water cooperation were identified, filtered and applied in three countries (Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe). Six indicators were ultimately determined as being suitable for measuring water cooperation. As the SDG process turns its focus to the selection of indicators, the indicators proposed in this paper may merit consideration