The Round Table evaluated the relevance of research on the wider economic impacts of investments in transport infrastructure for the practice of project appraisal. This paper comprises the Round Table's presentations and discussions. The standard cost-benefit analysis of transport infrastructure...

The standard cost-benefit analysis of transport infrastructure investment projects weighs a project’s costs against users’ benefits. This approach has been challenged on the grounds that it ignores wider economic impacts of such projects. At this International Transport Forum Round Table,...

Les décisions d’investissement relatives aux projets d’infrastructure de transport nécessitent une délibération approfondie. Les gouvernements ont besoin de méthodes d’évaluation pour s'assurer que leurs rares ressources sont affectées de manière à maximiser leur "rendement net"...