Making Informed Investment Decisions in an Uncertain World : A Short Demonstration

Governments invest billions of dollars annually in long-term projects. Yet deep uncertainties pose formidable challenges to making near-term decisions that make long-term sense. Methods that identify robust decisions have been recommended for inves...

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Main Authors:	Bonzanigo, Laura, Kalra, Nidhi
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY UTILIZATION CAPITAL COST CAPITAL COSTS CARBON CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY COAL COAL PLANT COST OF ENERGY COST OF GAS COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DEEP UNCERTAINTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DUST ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODEL ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY MARKETS ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY PRODUCTION PLANT ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SUPPLY FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL ANALYSES FLUE GASES FUTURES GAS GAS COSTS GAS DESULFURIZATION GAS PRICE GAS PRICES IMPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INSURANCE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LENDING INVESTING INVESTMENT DECISION INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY LAND USE LENDING DECISIONS LOAN LONG-TERM COST LOW-CARBON LOWER DISCOUNT RATE MINIMUM PRICE NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS MARKET NUCLEAR PLANT POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY MAKERS PORTFOLIOS POWER POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER SYSTEMS PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PRICE OF GAS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS RATE OF RETURN RATES OF RETURN RENEWABLE GENERATION RETURNS RISK AVERSION RISK INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION SCENARIOS SENSITIVITY ANALYSES SULFUR SULFUR DIOXIDE TERRORISM UNCERTAINTIES UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS URBAN DEVELOPMENT WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALE PRICES WIND WIND PLANT
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