ABSTRACT
The public sector occupies· an appreciable porti~n of the natio~al economy and controls an equally significant part of the available resources. The disposal of the resources to achieve meaningful economic development must be judiciously allocated to the appropriate sector of the economy. This implies that choices must be made among the competing uses in a convenient and comprehensible fashion established for assessing the projects to which these resources are channeled into by the public sector. The study sets out to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the use of · CBA in investment decision making in the public sector. In furtherance of the study, some hypotheses are formulated and tested using chi• square (X2) statistical tools. With the test, some· findings wiJI be made. These includes: the best techniques to be used to evaluate the desirability of a capital expenditure project in the public sector is CB~ there is a positive and significance relationship between the use of CBA in capital project evaluation and the level of
·-,welfare enjoyed by the society, the study will also reveal the type of technique used to evaluate a capital project has no positive bearing on the type of project embarked upon and the location of the project by the public sector, the study will also show that using CBA depends on the type of projects embarked upon by the ·public sect?r and finally, the study will further reveals that capital project embarked upon by public sector where mostly influenced by social needs and political factors .'
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Declaration
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Table of contents
List of tables
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
I.I Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1.4 Research Questions 5
1.5 Hypotheses 1.6 Significance of the Study
1.7 Limitation of the Study 7
1.8 Summary 9
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 10
2. I Introduction 10
2.2 Development of Cost Benefit Analysis 10
2.3 The Nature of Cost Benefit Analysis 12
·2.4 Definition of Cost Benefit Analysis 13
2.5 Theory of Cost Benefit Analysis
.2.6 · Techniques in Cost Benefit Analysis 15
2 .6 .1 Internal Rate of Return (IRR) 16
2.6.2 Net Present Values (NPV) 17
2.6.3 Pay Back Period 18
2.6.4 Benefit Cost Ratio 19
2.6.5 Discounted Cash Flow Analysis (DCA) 20
2.6.6. Opportunity Cost 21
2.6.7 Practical Project Evaluation using CBA Technique 22
2.7: ·Application of Cost Benefit Analysis in the Public Sector 25
2.8 The Problems of Cost Benefit Analysis 27
2.9 'Limitations of Cost Benefit Analysis. 31
2.10 Summary· 32
CHAPTER THREE
3.6' RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 34
-3 : I . Introduction
3 .2 Research Design 34
3 .3 Sampling Procedure 35
3 .4 Data Collection 36
3.5 Data Analysis Technique 36
3.6 Summary 38
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4.0 PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 40
4. I Introduction 40
4 .2 Data Presentation and Analysis 40
,4.3 Testing of Hypotheses 53
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 DISCU~SION OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 62
5.1 Introduction 62
5.2 Discussion of Findings 62
5.3 Conclusion 68
5.4 Recommendation · 71
Appendix I 72
Bibliography .
ONWUGHARA CHIDINMA, M (2020). COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN NIGERIA PUBLIC SECTOR. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 22, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/cost-benefit-analysis-and-capital-expenditure-in-nigeria-public-sector
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