Project Appraisal in Developing Countries
About
A road and infrastructure project being implemented in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2001. (Image courtesy of Prof. Annette M. Kim.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Annette M. Kim
MIT Course Number
11.484
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Features
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.