The Wider Economic Benefits of Transport : Macro-, Meso- and Micro-Economic Transport Planning and Investment Tools / International Transport Forum.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Transport Forum.

Contributor:

SourceOECD (Online service)

Series:

Round table (Transport Research Centre) 2074336X ; no.140.

ITF Round Tables 2074336X ; no.140

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages).

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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, leading academics and practitioners addressed these concerns and examined a range of potential approaches for evaluating wider impacts - negative as well as positive. They concluded that for smaller projects, it is better to focus on timely availability of results, even if this means forgoing sophisticated analysis of wider impacts. For larger projects or investment programs, customized analysis of these effects is more easily justifiable. Creating consistent appraisal procedures is a research priority.

Contents:

Transport Infrastructure inside and across Urban Regions

Progress and Challenges in the Application of Economic Analysis for transport Policy and Decidion Making

The Broarder Benefits of Transportation Infrastructure

Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport

The Wider Economic Benefits of Transportation

Agglomeration Economies and Transport Investment

Summary of Discussions

Recent Evolution of research into the Wider Economic Benefit of Transport Infrastructure Investments.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789282101834

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.