E&EM doctoral candidate Uzo Eric Chukwu project is working closely with officials of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) to developing a procedure to evaluate project impact of GEF investments in developing countries. The GEF is the multinational environmental investment arm of the World Bank the United Nations Environmental Programme and the United Nations Development Programme. The GEF headquarters building is located adjacent to the GW campus in Washington, D.C.
In 1994, the GEF was structured into four program areas to address Biodiversity, Climate Change, International Waters, and Ozone Depletion problems in developing countries. Projects undertaken by the GEF include the development of rural electrification using renewable energy resources, reduction of invasive plant species, reduction of pollution in international waters, and reductions in the loss of species biodiversity.
The objective of Eric’s project is to develop a procedure, using state-of-the-art multi-objective analytical tools that can be used for evaluating GEF-sponsored projects. A sub-set of projects in the sub-region of West Africa will be used to validate and verify the procedure, following which it could be applied to the evaluation of selected projects using appropriate evaluation criteria.
| Eric, originally from Nigeria, currently is a Senior Environmental Specialist with the U.S. Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia. He currently is on a nine-month fellowship, sponsored by the Marine Corps, to pursue full-time study in his doctoral research area. |