Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Conceiving and economic assessment of project : food crop and agroforestry | ||
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Duration :
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| 12h Th, 12h SEM | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Baudouin Michel | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| 1. Project and Definition 2. Project cycle 2.1. Identification : definition - time - costs - examples 2.2. Prefeasibility : definition - time - costs - examples 2.3. Feasibility : definition - time - costs - examples 2.4. Evaluation : ante, ex-post, mid-term 2.5. Financing : definition - time - costs - examples 2.6. The logical framework 2.7. Sector approach and Budgetary aid 3. Financial Analysis 3.1. Prefinancing cash-flow 3.2. Depreciation 3.3. Pay back period 3.4. Discounting : principle - discount rate choice - net present value 3.5. Financial internal rate of return : principle - calculation and examples - interpretation - nominal interest rate - sensitivity analysis and example 3.6. Financing plan : cash flow (CF - Source and application table - examples - exercices) 4. Economic Analysis 4.1. Tradable and non-tradable goods 4.2. Traded and non-traded goods 4.3. Weighting 4.4. Economic internal rate of return - Policy Analysis Matrix 4.5. Effects method 4.6. Impacts indicators |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Teaching design and assessment techniques of investment - sectoral or/and regional - public, private, associative - projects in a practical way. After completing the course the student is expected to - will understand the project cycle management and the logical framework approach - will be able to quantify in order to decide/rationalize public and private investments choices - will be able to assess projects in ex-ante and ex-post perpesctives according to the 5 criteria: relevance, effectiveness , efficiency , impact and sustainability |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| None | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 12h Seminars : 12h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| 1) BRIDIER M. and MICHAILOF S. (1995). Guide pratique d'analyse de projets : Evaluation et choix des projets d'investissement, Ed. Economica, Paris. 2) World Bank - DUVIGEAU J.C. and PARSAD RANGA N. (1985). Directives pour le calcul des taux de rentabilité financière et économique des projet de SFD. 3) European Commission - AIDCO-DG DEV-2004-Aid Delivery Methods-Project cycle management guidelines. 4) European Commission - "Financial and economic analysis of development projects" - 1997. 5) European Commission - DG Regional Policy-2003 - Guide to cost-benefit analysis of investment projects. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Group report (30%) Oral examination (70%) |
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Work placement(s) :
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