EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS DERIVED FROM "PENETRATION ROADS" BY MEANS OF THE ADDED VALUE METHOD

A PENETRATION ROAD IS DEFINED AS A ROAD WHICH AIMS AT THE CLOSE INTEGRATION OF THE POPULATION AT A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL LEVEL BY BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS BETWEEN REGIONS. VARIOUS APPROACHES ARE USED TO STUDY THIS TYPE OF ROAD: TECHNICAL DESIGN OF THE HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION METHOD, MAINTENANCE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL VALUES. THIS REPORT DEALS SOLELY WITH THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE PLANNING PROBLEM AND STUDIES THE METHOD OF EVALUATING THE INCREASE IN ADDED VALUE LINKED WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE PROJECT UNDER THE NAME OF: PROJECT'S SPECIFIC ANALYSIS. IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE ROAD IN TERMS OF NATIONAL REVENUE, THE FOLLOWING STAGES MUST BE COMPLETED: DEFINITION OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM FOR WHICH THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE PROJECT IS EXAMINED; DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE CONDITIONS TAKEN AS THE BASIS FOR THE COMPARISON; DEFINITION OF THE PROJECT TO BE ANALYZED; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT ON THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY; QUANTITATIVE NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT, SEE IRRD ABSTRACT NO. 104729.