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A dynamic regional impact analysis of federal expenditures on a water and related land resource project--the Boise Project of Idaho: Part I, direct economic impacts, economics subproject. Research technical completion report. OWRT Title II project C-6276 Item Info

The Boise Project of Southwestern Idaho was built by the Bureau of Reclamation during the period from 1910 to 1956, at which time the irrigated acreage increased from 51,377 to 340,613 acres. This first report of the economic subproject brings together the relevant direct cost and return (benefit) information from the project. Since the public is often concerned about the economic justification for such a project, an effort is made to present the cost and return information in such a way as to indicate the public expenditures made in terms of tax dollars and the income benefits received in terms of value added. Benefit-cost ratios are presented in terms of value added (net income) per dollar of project cost for each year from 1910 to 1970. This measure of success (or failure) of the project varies from a negative $0.59 in 1932 to a positive $21.29. Prior to 1940, and especially during the depression years, the project was what one might consider a marginal economic success. After 1940 and the second World War, however, the above measure indicated each dollar of public funds expended were associated with about $5 in income to someone in the area. Obviously, the project also had secondary or indirect impacts on the region in which it was located -- these impacts will be identified and discussed in the second volume of this report. It should be emphasized that the numbers in this report (costs and returns) represent all the economic factors involved in the project and the subsequent irrigated crop production. No attempt has been made to allocate benefits to water, land, technology, or management. The income benefits of the project are the result of the use of all relevant inputs and should not be attributed to any one input (such as water). Income benefits are those associated with the economic activity resulting from the project.

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A dynamic regional impact analysis of federal expenditures on a water and related land resource project--the Boise Project of Idaho: Part I, direct economic impacts, economics subproject. Research technical completion report. OWRT Title II project C-6276
Authors:
Long, Roger; Nelson, Terry; Hines, Gary
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1979-03
Description:
The Boise Project of Southwestern Idaho was built by the Bureau of Reclamation during the period from 1910 to 1956, at which time the irrigated acreage increased from 51,377 to 340,613 acres. This first report of the economic subproject brings together the relevant direct cost and return (benefit) information from the project. Since the public is often concerned about the economic justification for such a project, an effort is made to present the cost and return information in such a way as to indicate the public expenditures made in terms of tax dollars and the income benefits received in terms of value added. Benefit-cost ratios are presented in terms of value added (net income) per dollar of project cost for each year from 1910 to 1970. This measure of success (or failure) of the project varies from a negative $0.59 in 1932 to a positive $21.29. Prior to 1940, and especially during the depression years, the project was what one might consider a marginal economic success. After 1940 and the second World War, however, the above measure indicated each dollar of public funds expended were associated with about $5 in income to someone in the area. Obviously, the project also had secondary or indirect impacts on the region in which it was located -- these impacts will be identified and discussed in the second volume of this report. It should be emphasized that the numbers in this report (costs and returns) represent all the economic factors involved in the project and the subsequent irrigated crop production. No attempt has been made to allocate benefits to water, land, technology, or management. The income benefits of the project are the result of the use of all relevant inputs and should not be attributed to any one input (such as water). Income benefits are those associated with the economic activity resulting from the project.
Subjects:
economic evaluation benefit-cost analysis irrigation design
Location:
Boise Valley
Latitude:
43.53
Longitude:
-116.34
Collection:
IWRRI
IWRRI number:
197914
Rights:
In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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