Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global cost-benefit analysis / Michael A. Livermore, A.J. Glusman, and Gonzalo Moyano -- Cost-benefit analysis in developing countries : what's different? / Euston Quah -- The benefit-transfer approach : valuing health risks in sub-Saharan Africa / Lisa A. Robinson and James K. Hammitt -- Putting a price on the future of our children and grandchildren / Maria Damon, Kristina Mohlin, and Thomas Sterner -- The shape of distributional analysis / Michael A. Livermore and Jennifer S. Rosenberg -- Changing faces of cost-benefit analysis : alternative institutional settings and varied social and political contexts / Jiunn-Rong Yeh -- Is there a role for cost-benefit analysis beyond the nation-state? : lessons from international regulatory cooperation / Alberto Alemanno -- The diffusion of regulatory oversight / Jonathan B. Weiner -- The role of the OECD in capacity building for public governance : insights from the MENA-OECD Working Group on Regulatory Reform / Miriam Allam -- Environmental fuel quality improvements in Mexico : a case study of the role of cost-benefit analysis in the decision-making process / Leonora Rojas-Bracho [and others] -- Health care costs of urban air pollution in South Africa / Anthony Leiman -- Economic costs of air pollution in Singapore / Euston Quah and Wai-Mun Chia -- The challenges of estimating compliance costs in developming countries : experiences from Brazil / Emilio Lèbre la Rovere, Martha Macedo de Lima Barata, and Amaro Olimpio Pereira Jr. -- Implementing cost-benefit analysis in the assessment of infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Amazon / Marcos Amend, Leonardo Fleck, and John Reid -- A cost-benefit analysis of resettlement policy in Southeast Asia / Orapan Nabangchang -- Cost-benefit analysis of water management initiatives in China : a case of small, multipurpose reservoirs / Shahbaz Mushtaq -- Cost-benefit analysis of water projects in India / Pawan Labhasetwar -- The role of distributional analysis in cost-benefit analysis : a case study of hydroelectric projects in Panama / Sarah Cordero -- Assessing potential carbon revenues from reduced forest cover loss in Liberia / Jessica Donovan [and others] -- Challenges and opportunities / Michael A. Livermore.

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