ABSTRACT
What information should be collected by local level planners in their search for development projects, and how that information should be processed and analyzed constituted the hub of discussions in the earlier chapters. We discussed in this regard a cross-section of methods and approaches, providing illustrations, examples, and formats of how use could be made of them. These discussions have brought us, therefore, to a stage at which we should have, for every project proposal, a folder (usually a file) consisting of wide-ranging data on the financial, economic, social, locational, and other important aspects. If compiled on the lines indicated, the folder should have information on the project’s profitability. It should contain information on the propensity of the project to benefit the “poor.” There should also be data on the project’s capacity to generate local employment. References to the type of resources the project would make use of should also be available in the folder. And so on.
