Richard Kyle Paisley, is the Director, Global Transboundary International Waters Governance Initiative, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. His research, teaching, graduate supervision and advisory interests include international water and energy law, international environmental law, negotiations, environmental conflict resolution and international business transactions. Theressa Etmanski, J.D., M.A. (2012), The University of British Columbia, is a Canadian lawyer who has worked in the field of human rights across Southeast Asia. Riley T. Denoon, J.D. (2012), University of British Columbia, LL.M.(2017), McGeorge School of Law, is a J.S.D. candidate of International Transboundary Water Law at McGeorge School of LawPatrick Weiler, J.D. (2012), The University of British Columbia, is a Barrister and Solicitor in BC, Canada.

• Transboundary Waters, Infrastructure Development and Public Private Partnership: Through the Prism of the Nam Theun 2 and Xayaburi Hydropower ProjectsAbstractKeywordsIntroductionA Public-Private PartnershipsB International Watercourses Law and PPPsC The Governance of PPPs through ‘Policies’ of Multilateral Development BanksD The Mekong River Basin, the 1995 Mekong Agreement and the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower ProjectE Contractual StructureF Project Cost and Financing/Risk MitigationG Xayaburi ProjectH Concluding Remarks