| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| I. Introduction | ||
| 1 | Introduction to Project Evaluation and Course Overview The Development Planning Tradition | |
| 2 | The Project Cycle: Project Identification and Appraisal | |
| II. Financial Appraisal | ||
| 3 | Development of Financial Cash Flows for Project Evaluation: Investment Plan | |
| 4 | Development of Financial Cash Flows for Project Evaluation: Operating Plan, Analysis from Alternative Points of View | |
| 5 | Discounting and Alternative Investment Criteria | |
| 6 | Alternative Investment Criteria and Problems of Durability and Correction Procedures | Problem set 1 due |
| 7 | Scale, Timing, and Interdependencies in a Project - 1 | |
| 8 | Scale, Timing, and Interdependencies in a Project - 2 | Problem set 2 due |
| 9 | Forecasting and the Treatment of Inflation - 1 | |
| 10 | Forecasting and the Treatment of Inflation - 2 | Problem set 3 due |
| 11 | Risk Analysis | |
| 12 | Project Financing and Risk Management | |
| 13 | Debrief Problem Set 4: Risk Analysis | Problem set 4 due |
| III. Economic Appraisal and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | ||
| 14 | Overview of Economic Analysis of Investment Decisions | |
| 15 | Measurement of Economic Benefits and Costs in Undistorted Markets: With Sales Taxes and Subsidies | |
| 16 | Measurement of Economic Benefits and Costs in Distorted Markets: Taxes, Rationing, Monopolies | |
| 17 | Measurement of Economic Benefits and Costs in Distorted Markets: Tradables and Forex | |
| 18 | Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital: Discount Rates | Problem set 5 due (Shadow Prices) |
| 19 | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | |
| IV. Critical Analysis of Quantitative Appraisal Techniques | ||
| 20 | Social-Distributive Appraisal of Projects | |
| 21 | Institutional Dimensions: Local Politics and Capacity - Project Implementation, Monitoring | |
| 22 | Institutional Dimensions of Project Appraisal: the Funders | |
| 23 | Project Appraisal and Project Evaluation | Case study memo due |
| 24 | Rational Analysis in the Field | |
| 25 | Participation in Development Projects | |
| 26 | Projects in Practice | Final essay due |