Evaluation of the Economic Performance of Hydropower Developments Supported by the World Bank Group 1975 to 2015
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Keywords
: hydropower; electricity; cost overrun; time overview; economic benefits;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
- L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
- O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis
- Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2018-11-19 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-PPM-2018-11-19 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
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