Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa
The development of water storage schemes is considered a major aid for agricultural regions in Sub-Saharan Africa with scarce water. The selection of storage options is often conducted through the valuation of direct costs and benefits. Such an approach, based solely on monetary values, often leads...
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| author | Xenarios, Stefanos McCartney, Matthew P. Adenew, B. |
| author_browse | Adenew, B. McCartney, Matthew P. Xenarios, Stefanos |
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| description | The development of water storage schemes is considered a major aid for agricultural regions in Sub-Saharan Africa with scarce water. The selection of storage options is often conducted through the valuation of direct costs and benefits. Such an approach, based solely on monetary values, often leads to reductionism in the assessment process and loss of valuable information. This in turn can result in less than optimal decision-making. Against this background, this paper proposes an alternative approach based on a range of different criteria. Though based on the underlying principle of economic efficiency, the approach proposed avoids some of the weaknesses of simple cost-benefit analyses. The new approach has been evaluated through application to case studies in Ethiopia. |
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| spelling | CGSpace382242025-11-07T08:38:41Z Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa Xenarios, Stefanos McCartney, Matthew P. Adenew, B. water storage economic analysis cost benefit analysis case studies small scale systems irrigation water The development of water storage schemes is considered a major aid for agricultural regions in Sub-Saharan Africa with scarce water. The selection of storage options is often conducted through the valuation of direct costs and benefits. Such an approach, based solely on monetary values, often leads to reductionism in the assessment process and loss of valuable information. This in turn can result in less than optimal decision-making. Against this background, this paper proposes an alternative approach based on a range of different criteria. Though based on the underlying principle of economic efficiency, the approach proposed avoids some of the weaknesses of simple cost-benefit analyses. The new approach has been evaluated through application to case studies in Ethiopia. 2010 2014-06-13T11:40:57Z 2014-06-13T11:40:57Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38224 en Open Access application/pdf Xenarios, Stefanos; McCartney, Matthew; Adenew, B. 2010. Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the 11th Symposium on Sustainable Water Resources Development, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia, 3-4 December 2010. 8p. |
| spellingShingle | water storage economic analysis cost benefit analysis case studies small scale systems irrigation water Xenarios, Stefanos McCartney, Matthew P. Adenew, B. Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Economic assessment of water storage in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | economic assessment of water storage in sub saharan africa |
| topic | water storage economic analysis cost benefit analysis case studies small scale systems irrigation water |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38224 |
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