Current issues in project analysis for development
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Current issues in project analysis for development
Edward Elgar, c2012
- : cased
- : [pbk.]
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-278) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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
Table of Contents
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
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