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Project planning and analysis for development /

Potts, David, 1952-

Project planning and analysis for development / David Potts. - Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Pub., c2002. - xi, 377 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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

Project Identification and Design --
Projects and the Planning Process --
Project Identification and Formulation --
Basic Principles of Project Analysis --
Financial Analysis --
Financial Analysis for Commercial Projects --
Analysis of Incentive and Response for Small-Scale Producers --
Economic and Social Analysis --
Economic Analysis: An Overview --
Linkages, Multipliers, and Externalities --
Benefit Estimation in the Social and Infrastructure Sectors --
Opportunity Cost and the Basis for Economic Valuation --
Shadow Prices and Shadow Pricing Systems --
The Rate of Discount and the Value of Investment --
Alternative Approaches to Economic Analysis and the Distribution of Costs and Benefits --
The Limitations of Economic Analysis --
Allowing Assumptions to Vary --
Sensitivity and Risk Analysis --
Changes in Prices and Exchange Rates --
Project Planning and Appraisal for Development. TOC

A text on project planning and analysis in developing countries, this book focuses on the economic and financial analysis of projects. The author examines the issues that arise before a project is appraised, and tackles the difficult problems that arise for project planners, such as inflation.



1555876498 (alk. paper) 9781555876494 1555876560 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781555876562

2002020151


Economic development projects--Planning.--Developing countries
Project management.

HC59.7 / .P63 2002

338.900684 / POP 2002