Publication: Peru Detailed Assessment of Observance: Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
Date
2018-05-15
ISSN
Published
2018-05-15
Author(s)
International Monetary Fund
World Bank Group
Abstract
The costs of meeting the SDG WASH
targets will be several times higher than investment levels
during the MDG era (2000–15). The immense scale of the
financing gap calls for innovative solutions. In addition to
mobilizing more funding another approach is to deliver the
needed infrastructure more efficiently and effectively and
thus reduce the financing gap. Capital expenditure
efficiency (CEE)—the efficient and effective use of
capital—is less documented compared to operational
efficiency. Although improving operating efficiency is
frequently highlighted and readily evaluated, the scope for
capital cost efficiencies is poorly understood, frequently
overlooked, and difficult to evaluate, even though the scale
of savings can be significant—in fact, capital and operating
costs are equally important when considering full cost
recovery. This study compiles case studies that show the
"art of the possible" in CEE. The report
is not encyclopedic—many more examples could surface from a
comprehensive study. It also doesn't quantify the
savings possible through increasing CEE. However, almost all
the examples show capital savings of 25 percent or more
compared to traditional solutions. This alone this should
give policy makers, donors, and utility managers pause for
thought and encourage them to develop CEE in their sectors,
projects, or utilities. A 25 percent improvement in CEE
would allow existing investments to deliver a 33 percent
increase in benefits.
Citation
“International Monetary Fund; World Bank Group. 2018. Peru Detailed Assessment of Observance; Peru Detailed Assessment of Observance : Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31018 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”