Framework for Conducting Benefit-Cost Analyses of Investments in Hydro-Meteorological Systems

The whitepaper is organized as follows: section two provides an overview of the types of benefits associated with hydromet investments, the process by which the benefits are generated, and their expected development impacts; section three explains...

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Main Authors:	Malik, Arun S., Amacher, Gregory S., Russ, Jason, Esikuri, Enos E., Ashida Tao, Keiko
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE AIR AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY STANDARDS ANNUAL COST AVIATION INDUSTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON EMISSION CARBON SINK CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE RESILIENCE CO COLORS CONJOINT ANALYSIS CONSUMERS CONTINGENT VALUATION COST ANALYSES COST SAVINGS CROP INSURANCE DAMAGES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEW DEW POINT DIRECTIONAL FLOW DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMIC WELFARE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM EFFECTIVE USE ELECTRIC GENERATORS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMISSION REDUCTION ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY EQUILIBRIUM EXPECTED UTILITY EXPECTED VALUE EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL SECTOR FISHERIES FISHING FIXED COSTS FLOODS FORECASTS FOREST FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FROST FUEL GAS GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HURRICANE HURRICANES INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING INPUT USE INSURANCE INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS INSURANCE PAYMENTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS MARKET PRICES METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS MONITORING TECHNOLOGY NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN OIL PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES PESTICIDES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RELEVANCE POLLUTION POWER PLANTS PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS PRODUCERS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT QUALITY STANDARDS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RAINFALL RELATIVE HUMIDITY RESOURCE ECONOMICS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE ROADS SAFETY SENSITIVITY ANALYSES SEVERE WEATHER STORMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPERATURE TOTAL BENEFITS TOTAL COST TOTAL COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS TRUE VARIABLE COSTS WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER INSURANCE WEATHER PATTERNS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WIND WMO WTP
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Framework for Conducting Benefit-Cost Analyses of Investments in Hydro-Meteorological Systems

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