Question & Answer: let's say that the Belizean government has determined that yearly benefits of creating a 20 nautical mile…..

let’s say that the Belizean government has determined that yearly benefits of creating a 20 nautical mile reserve are $100,000 due to increased tourism (200,000 Belizean dollars) and the costs are $200,000 in year 0 and $40,000 each subsequent year (enforcement costs and lost revenues for local fishers)

At what year would this project become viable (e.g. the Belizean government used a discount rate of 10%? Shoe work

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Year Cash outflow Cash inflow Net Cash flow PVIF @ 10% PV of Cash inflow Cumulative PV of Cash inflow/NPV
0 200000 0 -200000               1.0000         -2,00,000        -2,00,000
1 40000 200000 160000               0.9091           1,45,455            -54,545
2 40000 200000 160000               0.8264           1,32,231             77,686
3 40000 200000 160000               0.7513           1,20,210          1,97,896
4 40000 200000 160000               0.6830           1,09,282          3,07,178
In year 3 the project become viable. Because the NPV of year 3 is positive (ie. 77686)

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