Estimating Shadow Wage Rates for Economic Project Appraisal

Economic Appraisal of Shale Oil Production

The security, political and economic impacts of shale oil and gas, has changed the supply side of international energy market. Different countries are looking for feasible technology of shale oil production. In this paper after studies on the technical and economic aspects of shale oil production, we studied on the CAPEX and OPEX of shale oil production in a feasibility study framework in order...

Estimation of economic discounting rate for practical project appraisal: the case of Turkey

This study focuses on estimating an economic discounting rate (EDR) to be used in project appraisals by the State Planning Organisation (SPO) of Turkey. The EDR is a policy tool used for selecting the best projects to meet the economic targets of development plans and to enable planners to choose the most profitable and feasible projects. Since the resources available to the economy are scarce,...

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

India's Economic Reforms an Appraisal

India's economic reforms began in 1991 when a newly elected Congress government, facing an exceptionally severe balance-of-payments crisis, embarked on a programme of shortterm stabilization combined with a longer-term programme of comprehensive structural reforms. Rethinking on economic policy had begun earlier in the mid-1980s by which time the limitations of a development strategy based on i...

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Strengthening impact assessment: a call for integration and focus Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope, Jill A.E. Gunn, Alan Bond & Francois Retief a School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA6150, Australia b School of Geo and Spatial Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa c Integral Sustain...