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I. Introduction
1Introduction to Project Evaluation and Course Overview

The Development Planning Tradition
Amazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 1 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997. ISBN: 1858981948.

Jenkins, G. P. "Project Analysis and the World Bank." American Economic Review 87, no. 2 (May 1997): pp. 38-42.
2The Project Cycle: Project Identification and AppraisalAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 2 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997. ISBN: 1858981948.

Sierra Leone PID (PDF)

Malawi Health PID (PDF)
II. Financial Appraisal
3Development of Financial Cash Flows for Project Evaluation: Investment PlanAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 3 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997, pp. 1-10. ISBN: 1858981948.
4Development of Financial Cash Flows for Project Evaluation: Operating Plan, Analysis from Alternative Points of ViewAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 3 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997, pp. 10-18. ISBN: 1858981948.
5Discounting and Alternative Investment CriteriaAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 4 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997, pp. 1-15. ISBN: 1858981948.
6Alternative Investment Criteria and Problems of Durability and Correction ProceduresAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 4 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997, pp. 15-22. ISBN: 1858981948.
7Scale, Timing, and Interdependencies in a Project - 1Amazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 5 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997, pp. 1-15. ISBN: 1858981948.
8Scale, Timing, and Interdependencies in a Project - 2
9Forecasting and the Treatment of Inflation - 1Amazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 6 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997. ISBN: 1858981948.
10Forecasting and the Treatment of Inflation - 2
11Risk AnalysisAmazon logo Belli, Pedro, et. al. "Risk and Sensitivity Analysis." Chapter 10 in Economic Analysis of Investment Operations: Analytical Tools and Practical Applications (Wbi Development Studies). Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. ISBN: 0821348507.
12Project Financing and Risk ManagementSavvides, S. "Risk Analysis in Investment Appraisal." Project Appraisal 9.

Amazon logo Curry, Steve, and John Weiss. "Uncertainty." Chapter 9 in Project Analysis in Developing Countries. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999. ISBN: 0333792912.
13Debrief Problem Set 4: Risk Analysis
III. Economic Appraisal and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
14Overview of Economic Analysis of Investment DecisionsAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 7 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997. ISBN: 1858981948.

Amazon logo Curry, and Weiss. "National Economic Returns and the Use of Economic Prices." Chapter 4 in Project Analysis in Developing Countries. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999. ISBN: 0333792912.
15Measurement of Economic Benefits and Costs in Undistorted Markets; with Sales Taxes and SubsidiesAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 8 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997. ISBN: 1858981948.

–––. Chapter 9 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997, pp. 1-15.
16Measurement of Economic Benefits and Costs in Distorted Markets: Taxes, Rationing, MonopoliesAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 9 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997, pp. 15-25. ISBN: 1858981948.
17Measurement of Economic Benefits and Costs in Distorted Markets: Tradables and ForexAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 10 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997. ISBN: 1858981948.
18Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital: Discount RatesAmazon logo Jenkins, G. P., and A. C. Harberger. Chapter 12 in Program on Investment Appraisal and Management Manual - Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Decisions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Institute for International Development, 1997, pp. 1-16. ISBN: 1858981948.

Sjaastad, L. A., and D. L. Wisecarver. "The Social Cost of Public Finance." Journal of Political Economy 85, no. 3 (1977): 513-547.

Edwards, S. "Country Risk, Foreign Borrowing, and the Social Discount Rate in an Open-Developing Economy." Journal of International Money and Finance 5, (March 1986): s79-s96. (Supplement)
19Cost-Effectiveness AnalysisAmazon logo Belli, Pedro, et. al. Chapter 7 and 9 in Economic Analysis of Investment Operations: Analytical Tools and Practical Applications (Wbi Development Studies). Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. ISBN: 0821348507.

Vietnam - Second Rural Transport Project World Bank CE Project Appraisal Document (PDF - 5 MB)
IV. Critical Analysis of Quantitative Appraisal Techniques
20Social-Distributive Appraisal of ProjectsHarberger, A. C. "Basic Needs versus Distributional Weights in Social Cost-Benefit Analysis." Economic Development and Cultural Change 32, no. 3 (April 1984): 455-474.

Amazon logo Curry, and Weiss. "Income Distribution Effects of Projects." Chapter 11 in Project Analysis in Developing Countries. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999. ISBN: 0333792912.
21Institutional Dimensions: Local Politics and Capacity - Project Implementation, MonitoringSmoke, P. and H. Evans. "Institutionalizing Decentralized Project Planning Under Kenya's Program for Rural Trade and Production Centers." Third World Planning Review 15, no. 3 (1993): 221-247.

Amazon logo Binnendijk, A. "Donor Experience with the Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Projects." In Methods for Social Analysis in Developing Countries. Edited by K. Finsterbush, J. Ingersoll, and L. Llewellyn. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990, pp. 165-185. ISBN: 081337829X.

Fontaine, E. R. "Project Evaluation Training and Public Investment in Chile." American Economic Review 87, no. 2 (May 1997): 63-67.
22Institutional Dimensions of Project Appraisal: the FundersAmazon logo Honadle, G. H. and S. T. Walker, and J. M. Silverman. "Dealing with Institutional and Organizational Realities." In Implementing Rural Development Projects. Edited by E. R. Morss and D. D. Gow. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1985, pp. 33-63. ISBN: 0865319421.

Nwagwu, E. O. C. "Budgeting for Development: the case of Nigeria." Public Budgeting and Finance 12, no. 1 (1992): 73-82.

Alesina, A., and R. Perotti. "Fiscal Discipline and the Budget Process." American Economic Review 86, no. 2 (1996): 401-407.

Tendler, J. "Undoing the poverty agenda and putting it back together: social policy, economic development, or what?" In Reinventing Foreign Aid. Edited by W. R. Easterly. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005, pp. 1-12. (Forthcoming)
23Project Appraisal and Project EvaluationWorld Bank Evaluation Document (PDF - 2.8 MB)
24Rational Analysis in the FieldAmazon logo Peattie, L. "Representation." Chapter 6 in Planning: Rethinking Ciudad Guyayana. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1987. ISBN: 0472080695.

Amazon logo Cernea, M., ed. "Sociological Knowledge for Development Projects." In Putting People First: Sociological Variables in Rural Development. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1985, pp. 3-21. ISBN: 0195204654.
25Participation in Development ProjectsFinsterbusch, K., and W. Van Wicklin. "The Contribution of Beneficiary Participation to Development Project Effectiveness." Public Administration and Development 7 no. 1 (1987): 1-23.

Chambers, R. "Participatory Rural Appraisal: Challenges, Potentials, and Paradigm." World Development 22, no. 10 (1994): 1437-1454.

McFarquhar, A. "Environment Valuation, Project Appraisal and Political Consensus in the Third World." In Planning and Markets. Vol. 4.
26Projects in PracticeLindblom, C. E. "The Science of Muddling Through." Public Administration Review 19, no. 2 (1959): 79-88.

Amazon logo Hirschman, A. O. Development Projects Observed. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1967/1995, pp. 1-34. ISBN: 0815736525.

 








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