| dc.contributor.author |
Namara, Regassa |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Barry, Boubacar |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Owusu, Eric S. |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Ogilvie, Andrew |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2011-11-08T21:23:47Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2011-11-08T21:23:47Z |
|
| dc.date.issued |
2011 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7672 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
"The Niger River Basin covers 7.5% of the African continent and is shared between nine riparian countries. The human population of the basin is growing at an average annual rate of about 3%, which makes the Niger River Basin one of the areas with the highest fertility rates in the world. The desert margin is expanding; climate change is negatively impacting rainfall; and urbanization, industrialization, and the human and livestock population are threatening the quantity and quality of available water resources. The basin population already suffers from chronic poverty. Based on a literature review, this paper suggests some key water-related and other interventions that are capable of easing the basin's development challenges." |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries |
IWMI Working Paper, no. 144 |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
river basins |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
poverty |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
climate change |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
agriculture |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
water management |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Niger River region |
en_US |
| dc.title |
An Overview of the Development Challenges and Constraints of the Niger Basin and Possible Intervention Strategies |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Working Paper |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.publisher.workingpaperseries |
International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.region |
Africa |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.country |
Niger |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Water Resource & Irrigation |
en_US |