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Conpsehensive ccst estixates far szcundwater development in<br />
Somalia have been produced during the pro-jec:, This section of<br />
tbe report describes the zetkodology used: explains the<br />
satianzle behind it, and presents the ~afor findings, Only the<br />
cask of well constr~ction and xaln2ezance has been determined.<br />
Using this as a aodei, the cost of ~tker operations of WDA, such<br />
zs the buildi~~g of reservoirs and tke canstruction of urban<br />
water supplies, should 5e deterxized by the Planning Unit aver<br />
the coning years.<br />
13 project appraiszl teminoiogy, thre2 kinds of analysis<br />
are possible, finartcial, acononie, and socioecenamic.<br />
Financial, or "co~~~~ercial~~, appraisal uses eszinates of the<br />
actual local costs which vouid be rel2vant in assessing the<br />
comaercial viability of an cperation, - aconomkc appraisal<br />
assesses the viability af an cperztian iron the position of the<br />
c~u~try as a whole; as szck, taxes and tar.iFfs are excluded, and<br />
prices used are c.i.f. or f.0.b. a'wcrld pricesqv or "shadow<br />
pricest'. Socio-econonic appraisal is based upon economic<br />
appraisal, but mzkes additional allowance for the wsacialw goals<br />
of the government; in t3is type zf analysis savings might be<br />
valued diffezen~ly fran consumption, and soale weighting might be<br />
given for be~eficia3 distribution of incone or profits. The<br />
analysis which follows is closest ts 2n ecanomic analysis in<br />
that prices trsed are worlc! prices exclrrsive cf taxes. The costs<br />
xsed zeLate to i? don~r-~*.- Addidea grour,d.dater program in Somalia.<br />
This explazatkoz is szxexha slxpLlstic, and the issue is<br />
disc~ssed xore fully in Sectim 2.3, %her3 ~assib2.e adjustments,<br />
azd the difficu2t question cf evaluating aenefits, are<br />
zonsidered.<br />
In this secrisn cf tha report, t h ~ cost a2 well<br />
ccnstructkor: is dealt with flrst, beqinnirg with a brief<br />
descriptier, of =ke overaLl z~etkodology, and then dealing with<br />
each pkzse of the work in-wived. Cperation and maintenance<br />
costs, azd the anorzisa~icz cf tstzi ccsts is discussed next.<br />
*I Finally, + same issues on shadow prices for possible use in a true<br />
ecanoxic or socioecono~ic appraisal are discussed, includi~g a<br />
discusslc~ cf the sigzificance cf user charges.<br />
-*o ecocoz:ic amlyses of ehe Co~prehensive Grcundwater<br />
,;eviously been completed by LBII<br />
ca~sultznts dzri~a h e project. -. iz,e ;l first af these was<br />
x.ndertaken by Earl< 3. Tape, (Pepe, lsS2) a ~ d the second by<br />
Carter 3randcn, -<br />
(Srandon, 1984;. rar the sake zf brevity, these<br />
'*.I<br />
:--epcrzs WL;L be refe~ red tc 25 the Pape and Brandon reports<br />
rescect i-zel y . These rsports c=r.tuibzted substantially to the<br />
snderstanding cf Th.2 cssts and econaz.ics 39th of the project,<br />
a?d of the Cevelc~xenc of gxomdvater resources in Somalia; A<br />
-T.<br />
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