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Notification of co-riparian states of planned measures on shared watercourses has been widely accepted as an established principle of international water law, and is codified and elaborated in the United Nations Watercourses Convention. However, despite this wide acceptance, differences have arisen on operationalizing notification, including on which riparians are required to undertake notification, and which riparians are entitled to it. Issues have also arisen on how to deal with the different types of responses that may ensue following notification. The World Bank has been financing projects on international watercourses since its inception in 1946, and has built an extensive wealth of policies and experience in this filed. This monograph discusses the historical and legal foundations of notification under international law, analyzes the policies and implementation experience of the World Bank thereon, and identifies comparators and synergies between the provisions of the Watercourses Convention and the Bank policies and practice

This book deals with the evolution and context of the Bank policy for projects on international waterways. It starts with a brief description of how the Bank faced the challenges stemming from such projects, and the different approaches deliberated by the Bank that led to the issuance of the first policy in 1956. The Book then reviews the implementation experience and analyzes the principles and procedures, as well as the main features of each of the policies issued in 1956, 1965 and 1985. The principles of international water law prevailing at each stage of the policy updates are examined and compared with those of Bank policy.The book also discusses in details the notification process: its basis, by whom, to whom, its content, different riparians' responses, and the exceptions to the notification requirement. It analyzes how the Bank handles an objection from one or more of the riparians to projects proposed for Bank financing. It also examines how the Bank has dealt with transboundary groundwater, as well as the linkages between the policy for projects on international waterways and the policies on disputed areas and environmental impact assessment. The conclusion provides an overview of the main findings of the book, and highlights some of the lessons drawn from the implementation experience of the policy.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Series Editors' Preface -- PART ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- I. The South Asian Sub-continent -- II. International Water Law -- III. Scope of the Study -- PART TWO INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS -- Chapter 2 The Indus River -- I. Introduction and History -- II. The Indus Treaty Regime -- III. Conclusion -- PART THREE INDIA-NEPAL RELATIONS -- Chapter 3 The Kosi River -- I. Introduction and History -- II. The Kosi Treaty Regime -- III. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Gandaki River -- I. Introduction and History -- II. The Gandak Treaty Regime -- III. Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Mahakali River -- I. Introduction and History -- II. The Mahakali Treaty Regime -- III. Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The Kosi, Gandaki and Mahakali: An Overview -- PART FOUR INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS -- Chapter 7 The Ganges River -- I. Introduction and History -- II. The Ganges Treaty Regime -- III. Conclusion -- PART FIVE GENERAL CONCLUSION -- Chapter 8 Conflict, Cooperation and Treaties: Retrospect and Prospects -- Select Bibliography -- ANNEXES -- Annex A INDIA-PAKISTAN -- The Indus Waters Treaty, 1960 -- Annex B INDIA-NEPAL -- Annex B.1 Revised Agreement on the Kosi Project, 1966 -- Annex B.2 Agreement on the Gandak Irrigation and Power Project, 1959 -- Annex B.3 The Mahakali Treaty, 1996 -- Annex C INDIA-BANGLADESH -- Annex C. 1 Statute of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission, 1972 -- Annex C.2 The Ganges Treaty, 1996 -- Index.