ABSTRACT
This chapter dissects existing resource nexus issues and governance successes and failures; it concludes by proposing an agenda for further research. Transboundary river basins provide an excellent basis for analysis of the resource nexus. There is a growing body of literature addressing river basin problems, focusing not just on the Nile River Basin but, for example, also on the Mekong River Delta or water sharing in Central Asia. The evidence from Ethiopia suggests that an increasing need for energy resources to produce food first had substantial effects on land, and when this was no longer sufficient and land in fact eroded, the government's focus shifted to available water resources. The case of South Sudan provides an insight in the potential that struggles for natural resources can have on the ground, as thousands are displaced, either forced by ongoing conflicts or in their search for more stable access to land and food.
