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... 49 C h a p t e r 9 analysis results The wide variation observed in economic impacts among the 100 case study projects and within each category of projects is explained by the following factors that were revealed in the course of compiling case studies and conducting data analysis. • No single economic impact metric can capture all of the economic growth and development effects of all types of projects.
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... 50 applied to help develop enhanced methods for forecasting future economic impacts of proposed projects. One of the first steps to move forward in that direction is to make the data set available for more sophisticated statistical analysis, in conjunction with efforts to enhance the measurement of associated changes in access, connectivity, reliability, and spatial patterns of impact.

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