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Double-Edged Hydropolitics on the Nile - Center for Security Studies ...

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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Double</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<str<strong>on</strong>g>Edged</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Hydropolitics</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Nile</strong><br />

re<strong>for</strong>ms. And yet, <strong>the</strong> salience of water scarcity and persistent biases in favor<br />

of polluters and inefficient water uses also call <strong>for</strong> farsighted top-down<br />

interventi<strong>on</strong>s and c<strong>on</strong>tinued government commitment. Promoting both<br />

<strong>the</strong> imperatives of ‘sound water management’ and ‘sound policy-making’<br />

is thus critical, and scientific ef<strong>for</strong>ts to reflect <strong>the</strong> relevant c<strong>on</strong>straints and<br />

opportunities have to be streng<strong>the</strong>ned fur<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

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