Creating a reliable model for predicting house construction costs means looking at lots of different information about building houses and seeing how prices have changed over time. Our goal is to create a system that explores the application of the random forest algorithm for housing...

This paper examines the concept of cost recovery of water services under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), including the different types of costs and cost-recovery mechanisms. It presents the state of play in the implementation of cost recovery in EU Member States, for financial,...

Cost & Value Engineering (CVE) als Werttreiber -- State of the Art des modernen Cost & Value Engineerings -- Künstliche Intelligenz und CVE -- Nachhaltigkeit und CVE -- Turbulentes Marktumfeld und CVE -- CVE-Reifegradmodell.

Costa Rica successfully completed its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Resilience and Sustainability (RSF) arrangements in June. Growth remains robust, inflation continues to converge to the central bank's target from below, and international reserves are ample. While one-off revenue shortfalls...

Recent developments and outlook. Growth accelerated to 5.1 percent in 2023 and is projected to remain robust at 4 percent in 2024. Inflation (year-on-year) has stayed negative since mid-2023, triggering Board Consultation under the Monetary Policy Consultation Clause. However, as base effects...