Investment Project Design -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Symbols and Most Frequently Used Acronyms -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Investment Environment -- Systematic Project Analysis -- Project Environment and Strategy -- Project Development Process -- Planning Horizon and Project Life -- Project Scope -- Preinvestment Studies -- Investment Planning Infrastructure -- Appendix 1.1: Elements of Commercial and Wider Domains -- Appendix 1.2: Outline of Business Plan for a Manufacturing Enterprise -- Appendix 1.3: Outline of Design/Study Report -- Appendix 1.4: Information Flow Details -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 2 Preparing Pro-Forma Financial Statements -- Accounting System -- Process of Financial Analysis -- Financial Costs and Benefits -- Investment Costs -- Production Cost -- Operating Cost, Factory Cost, and Cost of Product Sold -- Financial Statements -- Appendix 2.1: Depreciation Methods -- Appendix 2.2: Starting Inventory Balance -- Notes -- CHAPTER 3 Financial Indicators and Criteria -- Static Indicators -- Types of Static Indicators -- Dynamic Indicators -- Financial Criteria for Investment Decisions -- Analysis of Joint Ventures -- Project of an Ongoing Enterprise -- Appendix 3.1: Example of Cost of Capital Calculations -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 4 Financing the Project -- Capital Structure -- Cost of Capital -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 5 The Economic Perspective -- Private Sector -- Public Sector -- General Rationale for Economic Evaluation-Who Needs It? -- Macroeconomic View-Impact on the National Economy -- Price Distortions -- Applicability and Scope -- Economic Pricing Principles -- Shadow Prices of Primary Resources (National Parameters) -- Conversion and Adjustment Factors -- Appendix 5.1: Costs and Benefits of Revenue Projects -- Appendix 5.2: Global Pricing Framework-Importable Input Forgone -- Notes.

References -- CHAPTER 6 Economic Cost/Benefit Analysis -- Adjustments for the Wider Domain -- Valuation at Market Prices -- Define the Accounting Unit -- Value-Added -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 7 Investment Decisions under Uncertainty and Risk -- Forecasting -- Risk-Dealing with Uncertainty -- Quantitative Risk Assessment -- Qualitative Risk Assessment -- Risk Management -- Risk Immunization for Financiers -- International Investors and Risk -- Appendix 7.1: Discrete Probability Analysis-Multivariate -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 8 Project Appraisal -- Macro-Micro Appraisal -- SWOT Analysis -- Stakeholder Perspectives -- Appraisal Report -- Caveats for the Appraiser -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 9 Implementation Planning and Budgeting -- Implementation Planning -- Project Management -- Conducting the Implementation Project -- Implementation Budget -- Appendix 9.1: Sample Responsibility Matrix for a Portion of a Project -- Appendix 9.2: Checklist of Project Implementation Costs -- Notes -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.