Expenditure evaluation
means to search out the most efficient use of public funds out of available
alternatives. It is required to consider all relevant costs and benefits of a
given project to compare it with other projects of similar nature, but
practically it is an uphill task to encompass all types of costs and benefits
of a public project.So project evaluation is confined to real effects rather
than the pecuniary ones. The pecuniary benefits refer the gains of one person
at the cost of others just by change in relative prices, the real benefits are
either direct or indirect, tangible or intangible and permanent or transitory.
The indirect and
intangible effects are imputed by shadow prices or by some other methods.
Project evaluation also counts for any possible effect of a project on
macro-variables. Like, income distribution, employment and inflation.,
Appropriate weights are assigned to each variable for numerical exercise. If
the effects of a project are spread over time, their present value by
discounting is used for comparison. Further, it is also taken into account
whether resources withdrawal for financing the project is from private saving
or from private consumption.
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