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From Nicaragua: Experiences with a model for assessing small scale rural development projects
Author(s) -
Taylor Alan J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230010304
Subject(s) - terminology , surety , project appraisal , scale (ratio) , component (thermodynamics) , rural development , actuarial science , risk analysis (engineering) , operations management , management science , business , operations research , economics , computer science , engineering , finance , geography , philosophy , linguistics , physics , cartography , archaeology , thermodynamics , agriculture
Following the Managua earthquake, voluntary aid agencies sought a basis on which to allocate money collected for earthquake relief. They needed a method of rapid rural appraisal and this account complements therefore two previous articles on rapid rural appraisal, those by Belshaw (1981) and Chambers (1981). It describes a practical approach to rapid rural appraisal which in Chambers' terminology was intended to be sufficiently quick and clean. A model was developed for assessing projects on three bases—congruence of objectives, surety of achievement and cost vs. benefits. These were analysed into component parts, so producing a matrix according to which projects could be categorized. The aim was to minimize superficiality and error without being encumbered with cumbersome and costly enquiry.