Formal institutional arrangements for natural resource management can contribute to transnational cooperation  . Evidence from transboundary water sharing agreements provides evidence for cooperation rather than conflict over resources . Transboundary water agreements and river basin organisations help build robust institutions that facilitate trust and relationship building that have benefits in other domains  . However, outcomes can be mixed, and the international and top down nature of these approaches may limit their transferability to intra-state conflicts at local levels .
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