The importance of sufficient national capacity in addressing issues related to
transboundary water resources development and management at a regional level cannot be
underestimated. The 2003 World Bank Development Report confirms this approach: “to
work, these agreements must reconcile interests within and between countries”. This
requires mobilizing concern and demands for action among the many who would gain
some benefit from the agreement, but who are less vocal than the few who perceive their
main interests to be at risk.