Individual Papers

8 Ex ante appraisal of transport projects

Papers shall address new important items for the ex-ante appraisal of transport projects and how challenges have been tackled, such as:

  • the consideration of environmental and social impacts in assessment tools;
  • the evaluation of infrastructure networks when managing national disasters (like earthquakes or floods) and the embedding of these aspects in assessment tools;
  • the economic evaluation of the consequences of underinvestment in road infrastructure assets;
  • new approaches to sum up the results of ex ante-appraisals;
  • approaches to address specific aspects of road infrastructure assessment in developing countries.