Application d’une évaluation des actifs durables (SAVi) au projet « Bus Rapid Transit » au Sénégal

This case study describes the application of the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) methodology to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Dakar, Senegal. The analysis compares a 'business as usual' scenario against three BRT demand scenarios to evaluate the project's financial viability and its broader socio-economic and environmental externalities.

• The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Dakar, managed by the Conseil Exécutif des Transports Urbains de Dakar (CETUD), has an estimated total cost of 369,490,000 euros and is expected to serve 300,000 passengers daily upon completion in 2023.
• Conventional financial analysis suggests the BRT project is not viable regardless of passenger demand; however, integrating external effects significantly improves performance indicators. For example, in Scenario 1, the Internal Rate of Return (TRI) rises from 2.17% in a classic evaluation to 37.69% when externalities are included.
• The project is expected to cause a net loss of 14% in transport sector employment by 2043, with the most significant declines in the Association de Financement des Professionnels du Transport Urbain (AFTU) and Dakar Dem Dikk (DDD) sectors. Despite this, the project is projected to increase discretionary spending across the wider economy by 15.6% due to improved mobility in other sectors.
• The integrated cost-benefit analysis indicates substantial net benefits across all BRT scenarios, ranging from 1,700 billion to nearly 2,700 billion CFA francs (approximately 2.94 billion to 4.61 billion US dollars). The most significant contributors to this value are avoided transport costs, the value of time saved, and discretionary spending.

APA

Bassi, A. M., Casier, L., Pallaske, G., & Uzsoki, D. (n.d.). Application d’une évaluation des actifs durables (SAVi) au projet « Bus Rapid Transit » au Sénégal. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/savi-senegal-bus-rapid-transit-brochure-fr.pdf

Chicago

Bassi, Andrea M., Liesbeth Casier, Georg Pallaske, and David Uzsoki. Application d’une évaluation des actifs durables (SAVi) au projet « Bus Rapid Transit » au Sénégal. International Institute for Sustainable Development, n.d. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/savi-senegal-bus-rapid-transit-brochure-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{bassindapplication, author = {Bassi, Andrea M. and Casier, Liesbeth and Pallaske, Georg and Uzsoki, David}, title = {{Application d’une évaluation des actifs durables (SAVi) au projet « Bus Rapid Transit » au Sénégal}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/savi-senegal-bus-rapid-transit-brochure-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }