Entries For: March 2007

Let me introduce myself: my name is Tracy Hart, and I have been working on transboundary water management for the last 10 years for the World Bank. I am a water economist by training, and so have done my share of project economic analysis and incremental cost analysis for GEF IW projects.

What do I hope that we will discuss here? Anything and everything relating to sustainable financing, starting with project co-financing, sustainable financing of multi-country transboundary institutions, valuation of transboundary assets and services, revolving funds, role of Strategic Action Programs (SAPs) for mobilizing financing, relationships with other institutions that collect water user fees, etc. This is an exhaustive list, and I will begin to write a bit on what is current thinking on each of these, week by week.

However, I encourage (and beg!) you to submit your own questions and comments to get this discussion going. No question or comment is too small, or too big. Thanks for visiting, and thanks more for participating.

Tracy Hart,
Ph.D, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment Department,
The World Bank
Mail Stop MC-5-845, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Tel: 1.202.458.7465 / 1.202.522.0367
Email:  thart@worldbank.org
www.worldbank.org
skype: tracyehart
World Bank GEF IW: 30 projects leveraging $1.3 billion for global transboundary water management