Economic analysis of Zambia’s ad valorem copper mineral royalty reforms using an analytic hierarchy process framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Webby Banda
Author(s):  
Mrinal Kanti Sen ◽  
Subhrajit Dutta ◽  
Kabir Golam ◽  
Shamim Ahmed Laskar

Housing constitutes a basic need for all living beings. Unfortunately, natural hazards, including floods, pose a severe threat to housing infrastructure systems. In turn, this paper develops a framework to quantify the resilience of housing infrastructure systems against flood hazards. The parameters for this resilience are based on the literature and knowledge from experts. This paper gauges the significance of each resilience parameter is evaluated using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the fuzzy AHP. The evaluated values are then compared to observe the effectiveness of fuzzy AHP over AHP. The evaluated importance of each parameter will help stakeholders focus on the most important parameters and, in turn, boost the flood resilience of infrastructure. This paper then implements the developed framework in a study area to quantify local flood resilience. This resilience value will help stakeholders in the considered area to understand the resilience of local housing infrastructure.


Author(s):  
Ashish Bhandari ◽  
Amrit Man Nakarmi

The inference of this study lies mainly in identifying and prioritizing financial parameters based on which financial institutions are considered efficient. This study attempts to find out the current performance of commercial banks in Nepal and develop a multi criteria model to check the health and status of these banks. This research will explore the Key Performance Indicators based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process and identify how these are affecting a bank’s performance in Nepal. The study reveals the financial positions of three public and ten private commercial banks. The data are mainly obtained from the Central Bank of Nepal annual audited financial statements of commercial banks (published by the respective banks), and a yearly economic survey. An average of four year ratios from 2008/09 to 2011/12 was evaluated to assess the financial performance of the commercial banks. Thirteen commercial banks were selected for the analysis in this study. The financial ratios used to assess bank performance were taken based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process framework in which hierarchical criteria were determined based on CAEL (Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Efficiency and Liquidity.


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