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Acknowledgments. Symbols and Most Frequently Used Acronyms. Introduction. Chapter 1: Investment Environment. Systematic Project Analysis. Project Environment and Strategy. Project Development Process (PDP). Planning Horizon and Project Life. Project Scope. Pre-Investment Studies. Investment Planning Infrastructure. Appendix 1.1: Elements of Commercial and Wider Domains. Appendix 1.2: Outline of Business Plan for a Manufacturing Enterprise. Appendix 1.3: Outline of Design/Study Report. Appendix 1.4: Information flow details. Notes. References. Chapter 2: Preparing Pro-Forma Financial Statements. Accounting System. Process of Financial Analysis. Financial Costs and Benefits. Investment Costs. Production Cost. Operating, Factory Cost and Cost of Product Sold. Financial Statements. Appendix 2.1: Depreciation methods. Appendix 2.2: Starting Inventory Balance. Notes. Chapter 3: Financial Indicators and Criteria. Static Indicators. Types of Static Indicators. Financial Criteria for Investment Decisions. Analysis of Joint Ventures. Project of an Ongoing Enterprise. Notes. References. Chapter 4: Financing the Project. Capital structure. Cost of Capital. Notes. References. Chapter 5: the Economic Perspective. Private sector. Public sector. General rationale for economic evaluation - who needs it? Macroeconomic View - Impact on the National Economy. Price Distortions. Applicability and Scope. Economic Pricing Principles 20. Shadow Prices of Primary Resources (National Parameters). Conversion and Adjustment Factors. Appendix 5.1: Costs and Benefits of 'Revenue Projects'. Appendix 5.2: Global Pricing Framework - Importable Input Foregone. Notes. References. Chapter 6: Economic Cost - Benefit Analysis. Adjustments for the wider domain. Valuation at market prices. Define the accounting unit (AU). Value Added (VA). Supplementary Indicators. Notes. References. Chapter 7: Investment Decision under Uncertainty and Risk. Forecasting. Risk - Dealing with Uncertainty. Quantitative Risk Assessment. Qualitative Risk Assessment. Risk Management. Risk Immunization for Financiers. International Investors and Risk. Appendix 7.1: Discrete probability analysis - multivariate. Notes. References. Chapter 8: Project Appraisal. Macro-Micro Appraisal. SWOT Analysis. Stakeholder Perspectives. Appraisal Report. Caveats for the Appraiser. Notes. References. Chapter 9: Implementation Planning and Budgeting. Implementation Planning. Project Management. Conducting the Implementation Project. Implementation Budget. Appendix 9.1 Sample responsibility matrix for portion of project. Appendix 9.2 Checklist of project implementation costs. Notes. About the Authors. Index.