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The Eje Vial Del Cono Sur Highway Project in Uruguay
Barreix, Alberto; Jenkins, Glenn P.; Marchesini, Mario - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2003
The Eje Vial del Cono Sur is a project to develop a road in Uruguay from Colonia to Rio Branco on the northern border … Aires in Argentina and Sao Paulo in Brazil. The implementation of this project depends on the construction of a bridge to … Highway would be a toll road. The initial plan of the government of Uruguay is to award a concession to a domestic investor to …
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Buenos Aires - Colonia Bridge Project, Financial and Economic Appraisal
Kuo, Chun-Yan; Jenkins, Glenn - Economics Department, Queen's University - 1998
, and the governments of Argentina and Uruguay in supportive roles. The main objectives of this paper are to assess the … project from the viewpoint of the concessionaire by the financial appraisal and the governments of Argentina and Uruguay …, a city in Uruguay. It is planned to involve a private concessionaire for design, construction, operation and maintenance …
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CAPITAL APPRAISAL HANDBOOK FOR PROVINCIAL ROADS: LIMPOPO PROVINCE
Jenkins, Glenn Paul; Klevchuk, Andrey - Economics Department, Queen's University
It has been a challenge for the Limpopo Provincial Government to tackle the eradication of poverty and the acceleration of the pace of economic growth in the province. It is of importance for the Government to provide the basic infrastructure facilities such as roads, water, electricity, and...
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Andean Highway Pass Program, Financial and Economic Appraisal
Jenkins, Glenn; KUO, CHUN-YAN - Economics Department, Queen's University - 1998
the territory of Argentina to Chile, it is a bi-national investment. This infrastructural investment affects not only the … economies of Argentina and Chile, but also those of other countries, especially countries located in the lower half of South … estimated separately for Argentina, Chile and the rest of the world. …
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions: Chapter 3 (The Financial Appraisal of Projects)
Jenkins, Glenn Paul; Kuo, Chun-Yan; Harberger, Arnold C. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2011
The financial analysis of a project helps determine the financial viability and sustainability of the project. Since the integrated project analysis begins with the financial analysis and then the economic analysis, the concepts and data ought to be organized in a consequential and consistent...
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions: Chapter 5 (Scale, Timing, Length and Inter-Dependencies in Project Selection)
Jenkins, Glenn Paul; Kuo, Chun-Yan; Harberger, Arnold C. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2011
It is generally agreed that a project's net present value (NPV) is the most important criterion for the financial and the economic evaluation of a project from either the owner's or economic perspective. The NPV criterion requires that a project analyst recommend only projects with positive NPV....
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions: Chapter 6 (Dealing With Uncertainty and Risk in Investment Appraisal)
Jenkins, Glenn Paul; Kuo, Chun-Yan; Harberger, Arnold C. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2011
In the financial cash flow analysis, a set of values for the project variables are selected to carry out the analysis for the base case that are projected over the life of the investment project. The values of these variables used in the analysis and the resulting outcomes from a predictive...
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions: Chapter 11 (Economic Prices for Non-Tradable Goods and Services)
Jenkins, Glenn Paul; Kuo, Chun-Yan; Harberger, Arnold C. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2011
Non-tradable items are those which are not traded internationally. They include items such as services where the demander and producer must be in the same location, and commodities which have low value relative to either their weight or volume. In such cases the transportation charges prevent...
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions: Chapter 8 (The Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital)
Jenkins, Glenn Paul; Kuo, Chun-Yan; Harberger, Arnold C. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2011
An investment project usually lasts for many years, hence its appraisal requires a comparison of the costs and benefits over its entire life. For acceptance, the present value of the project's expected benefits should exceed the present value of its expected costs. Among a set of mutually...
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Investment Decisions: Chapter 10 (Economic Prices for Tradable Goods and Services)
Jenkins, Glenn Paul; Kuo, Chun-Yan; Harberger, Arnold C. - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2011
In the integrated financial and economic analysis, there is a need to choose a numeraire in which all costs and benefits are expressed. The most common practice has been to express all costs and benefits in terms of domestic currency at a domestic price level. This is the natural rule to follow...
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