dc.contributor.author | Motlagh, Mahsa | |
dc.contributor.author | Bhaduri, Anik | |
dc.contributor.author | Bogardi, Janos J | |
dc.contributor.author | Ribbe, Lars | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-01T02:53:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-01T02:53:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0719-2452 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5027/jnrd.v7i0.09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/406463 | |
dc.description.abstract | Escalating tension and a sense of mistrust currently prevail between downstream and upstream countries in the Nile Basin over Ethiopia's construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Striving for self-sufficiency in hydropower generation, Ethiopia has initiated a new series of upstream reservoir construction projects, with the GERD being the largest, and this may affect the water availability in downstream countries of Egypt and Sudan. This paper examines a set of compensation options to induce cooperation through trust-building, possibly minimizing uncertainties in water allocation decision-making and simplifying complex inter-relationships in the basin using laboratory game experiments. The game was developed and conducted using hydro-economic modeling of the basin with GAMS software, an expert survey with the SPSS program and Z-tree software to design and analyze the laboratory experiment. This paper presents the results of the laboratory game experiment where the Eastern Nile Basin scenario was modeled as a multi-round, adjusted trust game with non-binding deals among players. The results suggest that the "win for all" situation may be reached through a stable integrative, cooperative framework. Building the enabling environment, in particular, transparency, knowledge, trust, and confidence among riparian states is the first step in developing transboundary cooperation. Basin-wide cooperation requires a transparent environment including a variety of compensation options, institutional changes, and incentive-compatible considerations.Research article | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | en_US |
dc.publisher | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | en_US |
dc.publisher.uri | https://journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/JNRD/article/view/748 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 73 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 83 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Journal of Natural Resources and Development | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 7 | en_US |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Economic Theory not elsewhere classified | en_US |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 140199 | en_US |
dc.title | The Role of Trust-building in Fostering Cooperation in the Eastern Nile Basin: A Case of Experimental Game Application | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | en_US |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Motlagh, M; Bhaduri, A; Bogardi, JJ; Ribbe, L, The Role of Trust-building in Fostering Cooperation in the Eastern Nile Basin: A Case of Experimental Game Application, Journal of Natural Resources and Development, 7, pp. 73-83 | en_US |
dcterms.license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2021-07-29T03:27:26Z | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | en_US |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2017. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited. | en_US |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Bhaduri, Anik | |