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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 11.484 (Spring 2005) 
  • Course Title:
  • Project Appraisal in Developing Countries 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Urban Studies and Planning 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Annette M. Kim 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 11.484 Project Appraisal in Developing Countries



    Spring 2005




    Course Highlights


    This course features a complete list of readings and assignments.


    Course Description


    This course covers techniques of financial analysis of investment expenditures as well as the economic and distributive appraisal of those projects. The course gives special consideration to cases in the developing world. Students will engage in a critical analysis of these tools and their role in the political economy of international development. The course will cover topics such as alternative planning strategies for conditions of uncertainty; organizations and project cycle management; the political environment; and interactions of clients and advisers, engineers, planners, policy analysts, and other professionals.

    Introductory micro-economics is a pre-requisite for this course.

     

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