Sources of Operating Costs
Historically, road vehicle operating costs have tended to dominate highway economic appraisals in developing countries, due to the poor road surfaces that can occur there. The operating costs of railways and ports are also substantial, and form key...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6379238/sources-operating-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11801 |
| Summary: | Historically, road vehicle operating
costs have tended to dominate highway economic appraisals in
developing countries, due to the poor road surfaces that can
occur there. The operating costs of railways and ports are
also substantial, and form key components of cost benefit
analyses of their associated infrastructure. The definition
of operating costs for Bank projects is therefore important
in obtaining a reliable economic appraisal. In this Note,
Section 1 introduces the key issues associated with
operating costs, whilst the following sections discuss the
components and sources of operating costs by mode. Road
vehicle operating costs are presented in Section 2, railway
operating costs in Section 3, and port operating costs in
Section 4. |
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