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Project planning and analysis for development / by David Potts.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2002.Description: 275pISBN:
  • 9781555876494 (hbk.) :
  • 9781555876562 (pbk.) :
  • 9781555876562
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.900684 POT
LOC classification:
  • HD75.8
Contents:
1.Introduction -- Part I.Project identification and design -- 2.Projects and the planning process -- 3.Project identification and formulation -- 4.Basic principles of project analysis -- Part 2.Financial analaysis -- 5.Financial analysis for commercial projects -- 6.Analysis of incentive and response for small-scale producers -- Part 3.Economic and social analysis -- 7.Economic analysis: an overview -- 8.Linkages, multipliers, and externalities -- 9.benefit estimation in the social and infrastructure sectors -- 10.Opportunity cost and the basis for economic valuation -- 11.Shadow prices and shadow pricing systems -- 12.The rate of discount and the value of investment -- 12.Alternative approaches to economic analysis and the distribution of costs and benefits -- 14.The limitations of economic analysis -- Part 4.Allowing assumptions to vary -- 15.Sensitivity and risk analysis -- 16.Changes in prices and exchange rates -- Part 5.Conclusion -- 17.Project planning and appraisal for development.
Summary: A text on project planning and analysis in developing countries, this book focuses on the economic and financial analysis of projects. Difficult problems that arise for project planners, such as inflation, are tackled.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 338.900684 POT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00211192

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-365) and index.

1.Introduction -- Part I.Project identification and design -- 2.Projects and the planning process -- 3.Project identification and formulation -- 4.Basic principles of project analysis -- Part 2.Financial analaysis -- 5.Financial analysis for commercial projects -- 6.Analysis of incentive and response for small-scale producers -- Part 3.Economic and social analysis -- 7.Economic analysis: an overview -- 8.Linkages, multipliers, and externalities -- 9.benefit estimation in the social and infrastructure sectors -- 10.Opportunity cost and the basis for economic valuation -- 11.Shadow prices and shadow pricing systems -- 12.The rate of discount and the value of investment -- 12.Alternative approaches to economic analysis and the distribution of costs and benefits -- 14.The limitations of economic analysis -- Part 4.Allowing assumptions to vary -- 15.Sensitivity and risk analysis -- 16.Changes in prices and exchange rates -- Part 5.Conclusion -- 17.Project planning and appraisal for development.

A text on project planning and analysis in developing countries, this book focuses on the economic and financial analysis of projects. Difficult problems that arise for project planners, such as inflation, are tackled.

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