ABSTRACT
In many cases, countering the declining conditions in dryland areas, increasing production and improving living standards will require some form of capital investment. This investment takes various forms: investments in basic infrastructure such as roads or dams; development of marketing schemes and processing facilities; control of off-site effects of degradation such as siltation and migrating sand dunes; development of education, research and training programmes; and industrialization projects to provide alternate forms of employment. Regardless of the type of investment, some consistent form of analysis should be applied to identify desirable or feasible projects, and then to choose from among them, since it is usually not possible to fund all desirable projects.
