Cost Benefit Analysis of Private Sector Environmental Investments

Cost Benefit Analysis of Private Sector Environmental Investments
Author: Yannis Karmokolias
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821337387

IFC Lessons of Experience Paper No. 2. Describes the International Finance Corporation's experience with various funds in emerging markets and the effects of these financial instruments on development. The instruments include country funds, debt-equity funds, index funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, local mutual funds, and private pension funds.

The Environmental and Social Challenges of Private Sector Projects

The Environmental and Social Challenges of Private Sector Projects
Author: Ramamohan Mahidhara
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821350553

This document represents collective learning from a large number of people and projects at IFC. It is intended to share practical experience and to contribute to a better understanding of some of the environmental and social issues involved in private sector financing.

Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions

Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions
Author: Chun-Yan Kuo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2019-01-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781790667505

This is textbook for university students and a manual for professionals. It gives an in-depth treatment of the theory and application of Cost-Benefit Analysis, using an integrated approach where the financial, economic, stakeholder and risk analyses are carried out in a single integrated project model. Fully developed case examples are presented for both public and public private partnership investment expenditures.

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Health Interventions

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Health Interventions
Author: Carla Guerriero
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2019-11-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0128129360

Cost-benefit Analysis of Environmental Health Interventions clearly articulates the core principles and fundamental methodologies underpinning the modern economic assessment of environmental intervention on human health. Taking a practical approach, the book provides a step-by-step approach to assigning a monetary value to the health benefits and disbenefits arising from interventions, using environmental information and epidemiological evidence. It summarizes environmental risk factors and explores how to interpret and understand epidemiological data using concentration-response, exposure-response or dose-response techniques, explaining the environmental interventions available for each environmental risk factor. It evaluates in detail two of the most challenging stages of Cost-Benefit Analysis in 'discounting' and 'accounting for uncertainty'. Further chapters describe how to analyze and critique results, evaluate potential alternatives to Cost-Benefit Analysis, and on how to engage with stakeholders to communicate the results of Cost-Benefit Analysis. The book includes a detailed case study how to conduct a Cost-Benefit Analysis. It is supported by an online website providing solution files and detailing the design of models using Excel. - Provides a clear understanding of the core theory of cost-benefit analysis in environmental health interventions - Provides practical guidance using real-world case studies to motivate and expand understanding - Describes the challenging 'discounting' and 'accounting for uncertainty' problems at chapter length - Supported by a practical case study, online solution files, and a practical guide to the design of CBA models using Excel

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Author: Anthony E. Boardman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2017-12-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108699472

The fourth edition of Cost-Benefit Analysis is an authoritative, market-leading textbook that provides a practical introduction to cost-benefit analysis through problem solving. The text uses a consistent application of a nine-step framework for interpreting a cost-benefit analysis. This edition has been fully revised, updated and re-organized to provide the material more effectively. It presents application over abstract theory and clear discussion over mathematics to appeal to a larger, more diverse audience.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Public Policy

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Public Policy
Author: David Weimer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2009-04-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1444307185

This volume seeks to facilitate such exposure by drawing together into a convenient collection the fine articles on CBA and its application that have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM).

Social Costs and Benefits of Renewable Electricity Generation in Cyprus

Social Costs and Benefits of Renewable Electricity Generation in Cyprus
Author: Theodoros Zachariadis
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319315358

This book presents an economic cost-benefit assessment of the penetration of renewable power generation in Cyprus up to 2030. Unlike a purely financial appraisal, we employ a social cost-benefit analysis that is mainly relevant for policy makers, taking into account – apart from direct financial costs – external costs and benefits from the diffusion of renewable electricity. The book presents a comprehensive yet straightforward case study, probably the first one conducted for Cyprus. Electricity produced by renewable sources increased worldwide at its fastest rate to date in 2014. Driven by policies to mitigate climate change, enhance energy security and reduce air pollution, and by declining costs of major technologies, renewables account for almost all net new power generating capacity in the developed world. In this context, Cyprus is increasingly adopting renewable power generation as well. In addition to its energy and environmental commitments as a member of the European Union, the country wishes to diversify its energy supply in order to drive down electricity costs and reduce energy supply risks. A significant deployment of renewable electricity is foreseen in the coming decades. Is it economically justified for a small country with an isolated electric system like Cyprus.

Environmental Economics

Environmental Economics
Author: Shunsuke Managi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2016-09-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315467321

This book aids those concerned about environmental issues to firmly grasp relevant analytical methods and to comprehend the thought process behind environmental economics. It does so by drawing from specific environmental issues and at the same time providing commentary that facilitates understanding. This text contains in-depth explanations necessary for a thorough understanding of the fundamental aspects and importance of environmental economics. Environmental Economics seeks to elucidate the mechanisms that give rise to environmental problems by approaching environmental issues from an economic perspective. At the same time, it is a study aiming to indicate specific countermeasures that could resolve present environmental issues. This text has been put together in way that allows readers without specialized economics knowledge to easily understand the situation, issues and challenges of environmental economics.

Outdoor Recreation Management

Outdoor Recreation Management
Author: John Jenkins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2007-05-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134215770

It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This revealing book analyzes leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider importance to society. Specifically, it: clarifies the link between leisure, recreation, tourism and resource management reviews contemporary outdoor recreation management and concepts critically examines approaches to outdoor recreation planning and management in diverse recreational settings considers the future of outdoor recreation and the potential influences of economic, social, political and technological developments. Wide-ranging and topical, it considers such issues as motivation and choice, provision for people with special needs, the impact of outdoor recreation on the environment, and outdoor recreation in both urban and rural contexts. This comprehensively revised second edition has many sections rewritten and expanded to reflect contemporary development in leisure and outdoor recreation management in countries such as Australia, Canada, the UK, the US and New Zealand. With an extensive bibliography of more than 500 references and including further reading sections and review questions, it is an essential student purchase and one of the most comprehensive and international accounts of outdoor recreation management available.