Project Analysis in Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by Steve Curry, John Weiss (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 377
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Investment projects are an important mechanism for economic development. However, their costs and benefits must be assessed to ensure that the resources committed are being used as productively as possible. This book explains the techniques available to assess the economic impact of projects in developing countries. It draws on the authors' experience in teaching and applying these techniques and combines relevant economic theory with a clear understanding of what can be done in practice. The book aims to make existing techniques readily accessible to both students and practitioners. The second edition has been rewritten with new project examples and the addition of two new chapters in finance and the environment.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Main Features of Projects, Project Resource Statements and Financial Statements....Pages 8-40
Project Criteria....Pages 41-70
National Economic Returns and the Use of Economic Prices....Pages 71-100
The World Price System of Economic Analysis....Pages 101-136
The Domestic Price System of Economic Analysis....Pages 137-166
Non-traded Outputs and Benefit Valuation....Pages 167-201
Financial Analysis of Projects....Pages 202-224
Uncertainty....Pages 225-237
Projects and Environmental Effects....Pages 238-264
Income Distribution Effects of Projects....Pages 265-299
National Economic Parameters....Pages 300-322
Limitations and Conclusions....Pages 323-330
Back Matter....Pages 331-362

✦ Subjects

Development Economics; Environmental Economics