A Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of the Uchkuduk-Kazakhstan Border Highway, Uzbekistan

This executive summary presents a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment of the proposed Uchkuduk-Kazakhstan Border Highway in Uzbekistan. The analysis compares traditional benefit-cost ratios with a sustainable approach that accounts for social and environmental externalities over a 30-year period from 2022 to 2052.

• The highway project's total projected investment costs are UZS 6,278 billion (USD 599 million), which includes UZS 547 billion (USD 52 million) for taxes, duties, and social tax.
• The project is expected to generate significant public revenues, with the largest impacts being added benefits from the trade of raw materials valued at UZS 6,426 billion (USD 613 million) and revenues from transport valued at UZS 1,129 billion (USD 107 million).
• The valuation of avoided traffic accidents varies significantly by scenario: UZS 3,732 billion (USD 356 million) in the "high cost of traffic accidents" scenario and UZS 202 billion (USD 19.3 million) in the "low cost of traffic accidents" scenario.
• While a traditional benefit-cost ratio (BCR) considering only tangible impacts is 0.18 per USD invested, the sustainable BCR (S-BCR) is 1.38 in the "low cost of accidents" scenario and 1.95 in the "high cost of accidents" scenario.
• The project is projected to yield a cumulative discounted net benefit of UZS 2,411 billion (USD 230 million) in the low-cost accident scenario and UZS 5,942 billion (USD 567 million) in the high-cost accident scenario over a 30-year period (2022-2052).

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (n.d.). A Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of the Uchkuduk-Kazakhstan Border Highway, Uzbekistan. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2023-11/savi-uchkuduk-kazakhstan-border-highway-uzbekistan-summary.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. A Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of the Uchkuduk-Kazakhstan Border Highway, Uzbekistan. n.d. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2023-11/savi-uchkuduk-kazakhstan-border-highway-uzbekistan-summary.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopmentndsustainable, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{A Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of the Uchkuduk-Kazakhstan Border Highway, Uzbekistan}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2023-11/savi-uchkuduk-kazakhstan-border-highway-uzbekistan-summary.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }