Payments for ecosystem service （PES） schemes have spread all over developing countries in the last 20 years or so. PES schemes often have high opportunity costs in terms of foregone uses of goods and services offere...Payments for ecosystem service （PES） schemes have spread all over developing countries in the last 20 years or so. PES schemes often have high opportunity costs in terms of foregone uses of goods and services offered by the environment. It is within this scope that economic evaluation of environmental goods and services plays a role. In this paper we surveyed articles and studies that report application of economic environmental valuation procedures in PES schemes. Special attention was paid to data collection and analysis, to theoretical robustness of its procedures and to the aggregation of estimated value. We also scrutinize how these estimates had been incorporated into PES schemes, in particularly in the assessment phase of these schemes. Empirical data from Brazil and other Latin American countries were used, particularly those in the Amazon Basis. Our results reveal a frequent overestimation of the values of ecosystem services calculated through the use of economic valuation methods. Values have been estimated by production function methods （opportunity cost, preventive expenditures, recovering cost or dose-response methods）. As a consequence, estimated values reflect much more willingness to accept compensation by supplier and rarely willingness to pay by consumer of these ecosystem services. Besides this distance between supply and demand, application of valuation methods did not account for problems such as uncertainty, risks, and lack of information. All these limitations have led to wrong decision-making.展开更多
In order to strengthen cost control in construction project bidding stage, this paper takes the price control in bidding stage as the main line, dedicated to determine the key point in the stage of cost control, and e...In order to strengthen cost control in construction project bidding stage, this paper takes the price control in bidding stage as the main line, dedicated to determine the key point in the stage of cost control, and establishes the more objective and reasonable evaluation in view of the comprehensive evaluation method, and combined with the practical application of engineering to demonstrate. This paper not only improved the tendering and bidding stage method of cost control in construction project in our country, and improves the method system of engineering cost control.展开更多
Codling moth Cydiapomonella L. is the most serious pest of apple and pear worldwide and causes damage and decreased yields. To minimize this risk, IPM tools can be applied to reduce the use of chemicals. A cost-effect...Codling moth Cydiapomonella L. is the most serious pest of apple and pear worldwide and causes damage and decreased yields. To minimize this risk, IPM tools can be applied to reduce the use of chemicals. A cost-effective application of IPM depends on the number of insects at the time of application. Several conditions and factors influence the lifecycle and numbers of generations within a year. In order to perform ex-ante evaluations of the cost-effectiveness of IPM measures against pest insects, the generic PREMISE insect model has been developed, which integrates insect＇s population dynamics, the climate and other conditions, applied measures, economics, environment and human health （residues）. This paper describes these components of the PREMISE insect model, and how these components interact to assess the cost-effectiveness of IPM measures and the effects on the environment and human health. Codling moth is used as a case study for this generic model.展开更多
With the understanding of the importance of financial education and research, the study of the effectiveness of financial education is more and more, but there have been debate on the effectiveness of financial educat...With the understanding of the importance of financial education and research, the study of the effectiveness of financial education is more and more, but there have been debate on the effectiveness of financial education and education costs. This paper summarizes and classifies the methods and models to improve the effective research of financial education, including improving the effectiveness of financial education and improving the effectiveness of financial education through the design of different educational methods. The guiding principles of the evaluation of the effectiveness of financial consumer education proposed by the International Financial Consumers＇ Education Network （INFE） and the guidance of our government on the evaluation of the effectiveness of financial education.展开更多
文摘Payments for ecosystem service （PES） schemes have spread all over developing countries in the last 20 years or so. PES schemes often have high opportunity costs in terms of foregone uses of goods and services offered by the environment. It is within this scope that economic evaluation of environmental goods and services plays a role. In this paper we surveyed articles and studies that report application of economic environmental valuation procedures in PES schemes. Special attention was paid to data collection and analysis, to theoretical robustness of its procedures and to the aggregation of estimated value. We also scrutinize how these estimates had been incorporated into PES schemes, in particularly in the assessment phase of these schemes. Empirical data from Brazil and other Latin American countries were used, particularly those in the Amazon Basis. Our results reveal a frequent overestimation of the values of ecosystem services calculated through the use of economic valuation methods. Values have been estimated by production function methods （opportunity cost, preventive expenditures, recovering cost or dose-response methods）. As a consequence, estimated values reflect much more willingness to accept compensation by supplier and rarely willingness to pay by consumer of these ecosystem services. Besides this distance between supply and demand, application of valuation methods did not account for problems such as uncertainty, risks, and lack of information. All these limitations have led to wrong decision-making.
文摘In order to strengthen cost control in construction project bidding stage, this paper takes the price control in bidding stage as the main line, dedicated to determine the key point in the stage of cost control, and establishes the more objective and reasonable evaluation in view of the comprehensive evaluation method, and combined with the practical application of engineering to demonstrate. This paper not only improved the tendering and bidding stage method of cost control in construction project in our country, and improves the method system of engineering cost control.
文摘Codling moth Cydiapomonella L. is the most serious pest of apple and pear worldwide and causes damage and decreased yields. To minimize this risk, IPM tools can be applied to reduce the use of chemicals. A cost-effective application of IPM depends on the number of insects at the time of application. Several conditions and factors influence the lifecycle and numbers of generations within a year. In order to perform ex-ante evaluations of the cost-effectiveness of IPM measures against pest insects, the generic PREMISE insect model has been developed, which integrates insect＇s population dynamics, the climate and other conditions, applied measures, economics, environment and human health （residues）. This paper describes these components of the PREMISE insect model, and how these components interact to assess the cost-effectiveness of IPM measures and the effects on the environment and human health. Codling moth is used as a case study for this generic model.
文摘With the understanding of the importance of financial education and research, the study of the effectiveness of financial education is more and more, but there have been debate on the effectiveness of financial education and education costs. This paper summarizes and classifies the methods and models to improve the effective research of financial education, including improving the effectiveness of financial education and improving the effectiveness of financial education through the design of different educational methods. The guiding principles of the evaluation of the effectiveness of financial consumer education proposed by the International Financial Consumers＇ Education Network （INFE） and the guidance of our government on the evaluation of the effectiveness of financial education.
