Economic Tools for Integrating Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Transport Sector Investments
- Tuesday, 5 November, 2013 - Thursday, 7 November, 2013
- 2 days
- Completed
A three day course for transport sector specialists. For more information about CSF's work with IDB, please read our blog post about the training series.
Day 1
- Economic foundations and models
- Markets, competition and externalities
- Ecosystem services and public goods
Day 2
- Environmental valuation: overview of methods, examples
- Direct and indirect impacts of road transport infrastructure
- Environmental impact evaluation
- Sustainable transport infrastructure
Day 3
- Environmental valuation exercise
- Cost benefit analysis: overview, perspectives, scenarios and alternatives, financial analysis
- Cost benefit analysis: economic analysis, case study of inegrated analysis of road investments
- Cost benefit analysis exercise and discussion of IDB projects
Location (address):
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.
Instructor(s):
