TY  - BOOK
AU  - Potts,David
TI  - Project planning and analysis for development
SN  - 9781555876494 (hbk.) :
AV  - HD75.8 
U1  - 338.900684 POT 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Boulder, Colo., London
PB  - Lynne Rienner, Eurospan [distributor]
KW  - Project management
KW  - Economic development projects
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Planning
KW  - Management
KW  - Business and Management
KW  - ukslc
KW  - thema
KW  - Development studies
KW  - Development economics & emerging economies
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -