Overstated programme advantages


  • Overestimated economic benefits of projects

Incidence

In large-scale water projects cost-benefit ratios are often manipulated to give a favourable economic assessment of the projects. Sponsoring agencies overestimate expected annual monetary gains, the benefits of irrigation, outdoor recreation, flood control, job creation potential and the life of dams.


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