1. Assignment Title: SDG Business Case - Nature Based S

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Assignment Title: SDG Business Case - Nature Based Solution
Projects
Student Name:
Student ID:
University of Bradford

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Contents
1. USAID.................................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Project Proposal 1: Zajut Forest Reserve...............................................................................................3
1.2 Project Proposal 2: Natural Wastewater Treatment- Babam..................................................................4
1.3 Project Proposal 3: Dig Irrigation System- Samboz.........................................................................5
2. Strategic Objectives using the Project Selected Tool Provided............................................................7
2.1 Strategic Approach............................................................................................................................8
 Strategic Objective One: Boost health benefits with the supply of sustainable WASH.................10
 Strategic Objective Two: Manage water in farming sustainably and much more proficiently to
improve food security............................................................................................................................10
2.2 Strategic Objective One - Better Health Benefits with the Supply of Sustainable Wash.....................10
2.2.1 Strategic Objective One Steps of Achievement 2013 to 2018.......................................................10
2.2.2 Strategic business goals of USAID...............................................................................................10
2.3 Strategic Objective Two - Handle water in Agriculture Sustainably and much more Proficiently to
Improve Food Security..............................................................................................................................11
2.3.1 Strategic Objective Two Actions of Achievement 2013 to 2018..................................................11
2.3.2 Income Statement.........................................................................................................................13
3. Balance Sheet and Income Statement................................................................................................13
3.1 Liabilities.........................................................................................................................................14
3.2 Total Costs.......................................................................................................................................14
4. Why USAID Should not Rely on NPV for Decision Making?..........................................................15
5. References.........................................................................................................................................16

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1. USAID
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) can be described as a self-sufficient
agency of the US government that's generally accountable for providing private international
development and aid. Having a spending budget of above 27 billion dollars, USAID is among
the biggest recognized aid agencies worldwide and is accountable for over half of all US
overseas assistance the greatest on earth in overall dollar terms (USAI, 2014).
1.1 Project Proposal 1: Zajut Forest Reserve
Our 1st project proposal was about Forest Reserve. USAID is working with countries around the
world to guard, handle, and restore their forests. Sound management of ecological as well as all-
natural resources is essential to a country’s advancement, self-reliance, and resilience. Forests
give a lot of advantages: they guard bio-diversity as well as water resources, better nutrition and
health, give wood along with other products, sequester carbon that helps with shelters and
livelihood communities from climate and weather extremes. USAID’s bio-diversity, as well as
sustainable areas programs, functions to accomplish results at scale in internationally crucial
forests (Chowdhury and Koike, 2010).
Project No:
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Payback Period
Present Values (PV)
Year Cash Inflows Cash Outflows (Cash paid by the
project)
32.
41
0 - -25 30.
01
1 35 -50 39.
69
2 35 36.
75
3 50 34.
03
4 50 31.
51
5 50 29.
17
6 50 27.

4
01
7 50 25.
01
8 50 23.
16
9 50 21.
44
10 50 Total 330.20
11 50 -30 Net Present Value (NPV) 305.20
1.2 Project Proposal 2: Natural Wastewater Treatment- Babam
The second proposal was about Natural waste-water treatment systems which are biological
treatment methods that need very little or no electrical power; rather, they depend on completely
natural elements for example temperature, sunlight, adsorption, filtration, and biodegradation,
sedimentation, etc to deal with fecal sludge and wastewater. They use naturally developing
ecological and physicochemical procedures in eliminating pollutants from waste water. The
procedures include connections of microbes, water plants, substrates, solar power (light,
temperature), and wind. These procedures are essential for the elimination of both biological and
physicochemical pollutants. Natural waste-water treatment systems have lower maintenance as
well as functional costs, reduced energy usage, and reduced mechanical technologies and
therefore are well suited for sustainable sanitation solutions, specifically in middle and low
income countries (Mahmood et al., 2013).
Project 2
Year Cash Inflows Cash Outflows Present Values (PV)
0 - -75 34.72
1 37.5 32.15
2 37.5 39.69
3 50 36.75
4 50 34.03
5 50 31.51
6 50 29.17
7 50 27.01
8 50 25.01