An Overview of the Development Challenges and Constraints of the Niger Basin and Possible Intervention Strategies

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An Overview of the Development Challenges and Constraints of the Niger Basin and Possible Intervention Strategies is written by Regassa E. Namara and published by IWMI. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9290907428 (ISBN 10) and 9789290907428 (ISBN 13).

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.