Dr. Joy E. Hecht

Major Publications and
Professional Papers


"How much is that Mountan? Article in Africa Geographic about the valuation of Mulanje Mountain in Malawi. April 2008.

"Protecting Hard-Won Ground: USAID Experience and Prospects for Biodiversity Conservation in Africa" With David Gibson and David App. Prepared for USAID Biodiversity Assessment and Technical Support Program.

"Implementation Plan for a Jordanian Tourism Satellite Account: Final Draft - 13 December, 2007." Prepared for USAID Jordan Tourism Development Project, 2007.

"Compiling a Mongolian Tourism Satellite Account: Phase 1." Study carried out for the USAID Mongolia Economic Policy Reform and Competitiveness project (EPRC). July 2006.

Valuing the Resources of Mulanje Mountain: Current and projected use under alternate management scenarios." Study carried out for the COMPASS II Project/DAI, Blantyre, Malawi. April 2006.

"Valuing the Resources of Mulanje Mountain: Study Design." Study carried out for the COMPASS II Project/DAI, Blantyre, Malawi. July, 2005.

“Egyptian Tourism Statistics and the Development of Tourism Satellite Accounts.” Study carried out for the USAID DATA Project, Ministry of Planning, Egyptian Arabic Republic. April 2005.

National Environmental Accounting: Bridging the Gap Between Ecology and Economy. Introductory book targeting an informed but non-technical audience. (Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 2005)

ed., Living With the Future in Mind. Third edition of the New Jersey Sustainable State Goals and Indicators. December, 2004. Produced by the New Jersey Sustainable State Institute.

"Environmental Statistics and Accounting in Egypt: Challenges and Opportunities." Study carried out for the USAID DATA Project, Ministry of Planning, Egyptian Arabic Republic. August 2004.

"Methodological Note: Incorporating Nature in the Tourism Satellite Accounts." June 2004. Prepared for USAID/Cairo.

"Strengthening Data to Build Competitiveness: Using Tourism and Environmental Satellite Accounts to Track the Egyptian Economy." June 2004. Paper Presented at the Conference on Revisiting Egypt’s Competitiveness: The Road Ahead for Building Leading Sectors, Conrad Hotel, Cairo, Egypt. June 28 and 29, 2004.

"Revenue Sharing in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park" Prepared for the Joint Management Board, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, through the USAID Great Limpopo Transborder Natural Resources Management Initiative. February 2004.

"What's Sustainability Go to do with New Jersey?" ANJEC (Association of New Jersey Environment Commissions) Report, Spring 2003. Go to pages 8-9.

News from NJSSI An occasional news brief from the New Jersey Sustainable State Institute

"Green National Income, Measures of Welfare, and Ideological Bias." Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Sousse, Tunisia, March 2002.

"Egyptian Environmental Policy Program Monitoring System: Draft Prototype Working Indicators." Prepared for the USAID-funded Egyptian Environmental Policy Program, through Chemonics, International. November 2001.

"Environmental Accounting: Will it meet the goals of ecological economics?" Presented at the biennial meeting of the US Society for Ecological Economics, Duluth, MI, July 2001.

Lessons Learned from Environmental Accounting: Findings from Nine Case Studies. (Washington, D.C.: IUCN-The World Conservation Union, 2000)

"Accounting for the Environment in National Economic Data: New directions for the United States?” Natural Resources and Environment; ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. Vol. 14, No. 3, Winter 2000.

"Environmental Accounting: Where are we, where are we going?" Resources, April 1999.

ed., Valuing the Environment: Cases from South Asia. (Kathmandu: IUCN-The World Conservation Union, 1999)

"Can the Kyoto Protocol Support Biodiversity Conservation: Legal and Financial Challenges." By Joy Hecht and Brett Orlando. Environmental Law Reporter. September 1998.

"Impacts of Tariff Escalation on the Environment: Literature Review and Synthesis" World Development, 25(1997):1701-1716 October 1997.

"Integrating the Environment into the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy" with Christine Real de Azua. Prepared for IUCN, 1997.

"The Impacts of Freight on the Environment." Prepared for the OECD Trade Directorate, 1996. Available through the OECD website.

"Monitoring the Environmental Impacts of Trade Policy Reform in Africa: Lessons from Chad" Ecological Economics, 13(1995):155-167 June 1995.

"Natural Resources Management Projects in West Africa: A Framework for Comparative Analysis of Project Concepts and Design." Prepared for the Africa Region, The World Bank, 1995.

"Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation, and Mitigation Plans: A Review of the Experiences in Four African Countries" Prepared for USAID Africa Bureau, 1994.

Chad: Country Environmental Strategy Paper. Report no. 13174-CD, The World Bank, 1994.

"Mise en place d'un réseau de suivi environnemental au Niger" Prepared for USAID/Niger through International Resources Group, 1994.

"Agricultural Trade Policy Reform Program: Design of an Environmental Monitoring System" with G. E. Karch, S. Deffendol, J. Tabor, J. Keith, R. Hanchett and D. Plowes. Prepared for USAID/Chad, 1993.

"Natural Resource Accounting in the Developing World: A Neo-Classical Approach" with H. Peskin. Presented at the UNEP Workshop on Environmental and Natural Resource Accounting, Nairobi, February 1992.