financial rate of return

Shell decided to withdraw from the project in May after a strategic review saying it did not meet its financial rates of return.

Given very low electricity tariffs in Ethiopia, the dams are not likely to generate a large financial rate of return, except if generation is subsidized by the government which itself is cash-strapped.

It is becoming increasingly clear that export performance and investment abroad cannot be considered solely in the light of such traditional factors as relative export prices and financial rates of return of investment.

Even when meaningful financial rates of return were calculated, and proved to be low, but just in excess of the cost of borrowing, decisions were taken to implement projects as a result of pressure for action.