This paper estimates the fiscal burden of the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Social Insurance Pension System that was closed in 2008 to new members, and analyzes the appropriateness of the 2008 reforms that introduced the new Social Security Pension System in the TRNC. To calculate the overall deficit,...

This paper contains a quantitative assessment of the social security pension reforms in Northern Cyprus (TRNC) that were introduced in 2008 and later refined in 2012. A set of estimations are carried out to determine if the reforms were adequate enough to make the system self-financing. The key...

Fragmentation and severe inequalities in health status, health infrastructure and services were among the major problems the Limpopo Provincial Government had to deal with when they took office in 1994. Hence, as part of an intensive program of legislative and policy development to reform the...

The Fourth Fisheries project in Bangladesh has been developed as part of the comprehensive fisheries policy implemented by the Government of Bangladesh. The project hopes to generate economic benefits while being financially sustainable. The fishermen stand to gain considerably as they can reap...

The proposed El Kureimat Plant (module II) project is one of 19 new generation plants that the public electrical utility of Egypt plans to setup over its current planning horizon of 2005-2012. This paper reports on an integrated investment appraisal of the project. The project involves the...

This paper reports on an integrated investment appraisal of a Pan African Development rural satellite projects. The project's main aim is to provide telecommunication services in rural areas of Africa on a large scale at very low costs by using appropriate technology. The objective is to...

This paper deals with the feasibility of a communal irrigation project in the Philippines where the farmer beneficiaries pay for the infrastructure cost and are responsible for the operating and maintenance cost of the irrigation system. A financial analysis from the investment, equity, and...