Design, Analysis, and Implementation of Development Projects

About the Book

The book offers important guidelines in analyzing the technical, economic, financial, administrative and organizational, environmental, commercial, and institutional aspects of development projects. It also suggests a format for organizing these aspects into one comprehensive design as it emphasizes the need for analyzing investments in their entirety as opposed to analyzing them in separate segments. Managers and technicians from national and local governments, business corporations, parastatals or public enterprises, non-governmental organizations, development and commercial banks, and national and international aid funding institutions who are directly or indirectly involved in planning and implementing development activities will find this book useful. Teachers and students in project management, finance, banking, economic analysis, and development management will also find valuable learning gains from the book. The concepts and procedure in designing and analyzing development projects are illustrated using hypothetical case studies. The discussions and illustrations will serve as important guidelines in the implementation of development projects.

About the Author

Dr. Alberto D. Pena has a Ph.D in Political Science and one of his principal interests is Development Administration. He is a Principal Consultant in Development Finance in the Institute of Development Finance (IDF), the education and research unit of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia Pacific (ADFIAP). He was an Associate Professor (Retired) at the University of Connecticut (USA) and served as Associate Director (Retired) at the Office of International Studies and Programs (OISP) at Illinois State University (USA) In-Charge of Management Development International (MDI). Dr. Pena developed a number of manuals and guides in development banking focusing mainly on development finance. He has conducted a number of seminars on this subject including the design and analysis of development projects. He is a principal instructor on development finance at the Institute of Development Finance (IDF) and instructor at the Management Development International (MDI) on the same subject.