Social cost-benefit analysis in Australia and New Zealand. The state of current practice and what needs to be done

All is not well with the evaluation of government programs and projects. Resources available to any society are limited. If governments are to increase the well-being of their citizens, they must be able to select and implement the socially most beneficial projects and policies. But many government...

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description All is not well with the evaluation of government programs and projects. Resources available to any society are limited. If governments are to increase the well-being of their citizens, they must be able to select and implement the socially most beneficial projects and policies. But many government agencies lack the expertise to carry out a cost-benefit analysis, or even to commission one. Commercial consultants, on the other hand, often have some analytical expertise, but are not immune from adopting approaches that accommodate the proclivities of their client agencies. In order to increase analytical rigour and methodological consistency, this publication urges the adoption of a ‘belts and braces’ set of protocols for use in project evaluation.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-382772025-02-05T09:00:35Z Social cost-benefit analysis in Australia and New Zealand. The state of current practice and what needs to be done Dobes, Leo Leung, Joanne Argyrous, George government policy government projects social cost-benefit economic analysis Continental Basketball Association Cost–benefit analysis Decision-making Net present value Sensitivity analysis thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands::1MB Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa::1MBF Australia thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management All is not well with the evaluation of government programs and projects. Resources available to any society are limited. If governments are to increase the well-being of their citizens, they must be able to select and implement the socially most beneficial projects and policies. But many government agencies lack the expertise to carry out a cost-benefit analysis, or even to commission one. Commercial consultants, on the other hand, often have some analytical expertise, but are not immune from adopting approaches that accommodate the proclivities of their client agencies. In order to increase analytical rigour and methodological consistency, this publication urges the adoption of a ‘belts and braces’ set of protocols for use in project evaluation. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2016-06-20 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:10:12Z 2016 book 610768 OCN: 944226284 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32431 9781760460198 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38277 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32431/1/610768.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32431/1/610768.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32431/1/610768.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32431/1/610768.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32431/1/610768.pdf ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_610768 10.26530/OAPEN_610768 975ba519-3ce2-4517-95bf-b847729fbcf1 9781760460198 open access
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Social cost-benefit analysis in Australia and New Zealand. The state of current practice and what needs to be done
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government projects
social cost-benefit
economic analysis
Continental Basketball Association
Cost–benefit analysis
Decision-making
Net present value
Sensitivity analysis
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Sensitivity analysis
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