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Cost-Benefit Analysis : Cases and Materials

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Title: Cost-Benefit Analysis : Cases and Materials
Author: Euston Quah, Raymond Toh
ISBN: 0415558808 / 9780415558808
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 352
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2012
Availability: Out of Stock
     
 
  • Description
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Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the systematic and analytical process of comparing benefits and costs in evaluating the desirability of a project or programme, often of a social nature and for society as a whole. CBA is fundamental to government decision-making and can be an effective tool for informed decisions on the use of society's scarce resources. This book highlights the main concepts and principles of cost-benefit analysis used in real life cases and actual applications. The book contains rich cases, materials and examples of real life CBA applications with emphasis both on physical and non-physical projects and infrastructure developments in Asia and beyond. The book also discusses techniques frequently used in applied CBA.

The first part of the book introduces the key concepts and principles of CBA before Part Two covers some pertinent issues relating to CBA, such as the recent trend of using behavioural economics and frequently used techniques in applied CBA. Finally, in Part Three, case studies are written up to illustrate how CBA is done, and questions for the readers and students to ponder are raised at the end of each chapter.

The scope of the case studies is more than just physical infrastructures but will include public sector policies and programmes covering a host of social policies as in health, education, social welfare programmes, and the environment. For each case, there will be illustrations of the key concepts and principles of CBA used. Undertakings analyzed include:

  • the Three Gorges Dam in China
  • the 2008 Beijing Olympics
  • the Costs of Global Warming
  • the Jamuna Bridge in Bangladesh


The case studies, many of which have taken or are to take place in developing countries provide a rich background to the principles of the method, and are accompanied by a wealth of explanatory material. As well as being suitable for courses in Cost-Benefit Analysis, Public Finance, Environmental and Health Economics, the book should be of interest to all public policy decision makers and planners.

List of Figures
List fo Tables
Foreword
Preface

Part I : Background and Theory of Cost-Benefit Analysis
Chapter 1 :
Introduction
Chapter 2 : History and Scope of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Part II : Topics and Issues Frequently Discussed in Cost-Benefit Analysis
Chapter 3 :
Valuation Issues and Methods
Chapter 4 : Benefit Transfers
Chapter 5 : Simple Mathematics of Discounting and Decision Criteria
Chapter 6 : Value of a Statistical Life in Singapore
Chapter 7 : Estimating the Economic Cost of Air Pollution on Health
Chapter 8 : Economic Cost of Diseases

Part III : New Applications in Cost-Benefit Analysis
Chapter 9 :
Pair-Wise Comparison: A Novel Approach
Chapter 10 : Behavioral Effects and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Lessons from Behavioral Economics

Part IV : Case Studies of Cost-Benefit Analysis
Chapter 11 :
The Three Gorges Dam Project, China
Chapter 12 : Flue Gas Desulphurisation in Mae Moh, Thailand
Chapter 13 : Hosting International Events : Cases from Beijing Olympics 2008 and Inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore 2010
Chapter 14 : Human Capital Investment Programmes in Singapore
Chapter 15 : Qinghai-Tibet Railway : Investment to Improve Travel Time, Promote Tourism and Economic Growth
Chapter 16 : Proliferation of Nuclear Power Plants in Asia : Examples from Malaysia and Singapore
Chapter 17 : Preservation of Amazon Rainforest
Chapter 18 : Wastewater Management Project in Sri Lanka
Chapter 19 : Nairobi-Thika Highway in Kenya
Chapter 20 : Southeast Asian Haze of 1997
Chapter 21 : H4N1 Avian Influenza Immunization Programme
Chapter 22 : Fangcheng Port Project, Guangxi, China
Chapter 23 : Jamuna Bridge Project in Bangladesh
Chapter 24 : Construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
Chapter 25 : Speed Limit Regulation for Highways in Japan

Further Reading
Notes
Bibliography
Index

 
 
 
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