The Economic Analysis according to the Water Framework Directive in the Danube River Basin

This report is based on National Scoping Studies (NSS) conducted by national consultants for all GEF-eligible countries1 within the DRB. These NSS investigate the current information availability and quality on the four key issues under consideration, based on a list of socio-economic indicators developed by the ICPDR Expert Subgroup on Economics (Econ ESG) on the basis of the recommendations of the European WATECO-working group.