Current Issues in Project Analysis for Development
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 31. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-78100-644-3 (ISBN)
Description
For over fifty years project analysis techniques have been applied in the assessment of development projects where poorly designed and appraised projects can waste scarce resources. This study examines the continued relevance of this approach, assesses methodological developments over this period and investigates current practical problems in the application of these techniques. This major work brings together authors with experience of both academic and operational project work to focus on issues such as the shadow exchange rate, the shadow wage, the discount rate and assessment of poverty impact and risk, as well as problems relating to specific sectors covering environmental projects, transport, education and health. There are also general chapters on the experience of semi-input-output-based estimation of shadow prices and the relevance of shadow pricing techniques to the context of developed economies in the EU. An overview by the editors sets out the evolution of the literature and highlights current issues. The general conclusion is that project analysis techniques remain relevant, albeit within a very different development context to that in which they were originally envisaged to be applied.
With new perspectives on key economic parameters, this book will appeal to academics working on development, officials involved with project aid programs, postgraduate students of development and professional economists working on development projects.
Contributors: P.B. Anand, M. Florio, M. Fujimura, E. Kula, E. Londero, C. Nash, D. Potts, S. Vignetti, K. Ward, J. Weiss
With new perspectives on key economic parameters, this book will appeal to academics working on development, officials involved with project aid programs, postgraduate students of development and professional economists working on development projects.
Contributors: P.B. Anand, M. Florio, M. Fujimura, E. Kula, E. Londero, C. Nash, D. Potts, S. Vignetti, K. Ward, J. Weiss
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78100-644-3 (9781781006443)
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Persons
Edited by John Weiss, Professor of Development Economics and Associate Dean, Research, University of Bradford, UK and David Potts, formerly Senior Lecturer, Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford, UK
Content
Contents:
1. Editors' Introduction
David Potts and John Weiss
2. Estimating a Shadow Exchange Rate
Elio Londero
3. Shadow Wages Rates in a Changing World
David Potts
4. Semi-Input-Output Methods of Shadow Price Estimation: Are They Still Useful?
David Potts
5. Projects and the MDGs: Estimating Poverty Impact
Manabu Fujimura
6. Projects and Risk
John Weiss and Keith Ward
7. Discounting: Does it Ensure Intergenerational Equity?
Erhun Kula
8. Environmental Valuation
P.B. Anand
9. Assessing the Benefits of New or Improved Roads
Chris Nash
10. Project Appraisal in Health: Cost Effectiveness Approaches
John Weiss
11. Measuring Benefits from Education
David Potts
12. Cost-Benefit Analysis Traditions: The Approach of EU Regional Policy
Massimo Florio and Silvia Vignetti
Bibliography
Index
1. Editors' Introduction
David Potts and John Weiss
2. Estimating a Shadow Exchange Rate
Elio Londero
3. Shadow Wages Rates in a Changing World
David Potts
4. Semi-Input-Output Methods of Shadow Price Estimation: Are They Still Useful?
David Potts
5. Projects and the MDGs: Estimating Poverty Impact
Manabu Fujimura
6. Projects and Risk
John Weiss and Keith Ward
7. Discounting: Does it Ensure Intergenerational Equity?
Erhun Kula
8. Environmental Valuation
P.B. Anand
9. Assessing the Benefits of New or Improved Roads
Chris Nash
10. Project Appraisal in Health: Cost Effectiveness Approaches
John Weiss
11. Measuring Benefits from Education
David Potts
12. Cost-Benefit Analysis Traditions: The Approach of EU Regional Policy
Massimo Florio and Silvia Vignetti
Bibliography
Index