Abstract
The social rate of return approach to investment decisions is fairly straightforward: the parties who benefit and lose because of the project should be identified, and appropriate income distribution weights should be attached to the gains and losses. To illustrate the methodology we will review a hypothetical example, namely, a land settlement project in the hypothetical country Xalandia. The analysis is unfolded in the form of a parable.
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See, for instance, Kasper, W., ‘Malaysia: A Study in Successful Economic Development,’ American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Foreign Affairs Studies, Washington, D.C., 1974.
Government of Malaysia, ‘Mid-Term Review of the Second Malaysia Plan, 1971–75,’ Kuala Lumpur, 1973.
Mcinerney,J.P. (Consultant) and Donaldson, G. F., ‘The Consequences of Farm Tractors in Pakistan,’ World Bank Staff Working Paper No. 210, February 1975.
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Helmers, F.L.C.H. (1979). Social Benefit-Cost Analysis in Practice. In: Project planning and income distribution. Studies in development and planning, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3722-8_10
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