A Bonded River Basin? The Cauvery Colavery: A River Basin Cause Bond !
A Bonded River Basin? The Cauvery Colavery: A River Basin Cause Bond ! Ganga Prasad Rao Energy, Environmental and Mineral Economist gprasadrao@hotmail.com http://gprasadrao.blogspot.com/ http://gprao64.blogspot.com/ Evernote: gprao Disclaimer This manuscript applies elements of FV-Finance to solve an inter-jurisdictional, inter-temporal, socio-economic and engineering optimization-cum-compensation problem applicable to a widespread natural resource – inter-jurisdictional river basins. The proposed solution – that of a ‘Real’ Cause Bond supplemented by an Environmental-Hydrologic-Engineering Cell, and a Socio-Economic Resolution Cell, SERC, built around an FV-PV Bond Gold Collateral, leans on various financial markets in both PV and FV contexts. Since FV-Finance is necessarily subjective, and open to alternative designs & interpretations, the reader is cautioned regarding the various assertions in the manuscript. The author, while asserting all rights to the manuscript, mak...