Citation

Howe JDGF. Proc. IRCOBI 1975; 3: 132-140.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

The nature of project identification is discussed, the practical aspects of project identification are described, and comments are made with regard to the special case of India. It is noted that criteria for assessing various alternatives be as simple, robust, unambiguous, & equitable as possible. Project identification in practice consists of 2 stages: the generation of project ideas; and the screening of those ideas to establish priorities. A project in India is described where the difference between the desirable and actual road lengths in each region provided both the targets for improvements and the weights for allocating funds. Examples are quoted which show a tendency to apply the more rigorous economic based methods of analysis to primary and secondary highways, with simpler essentially social criteria for tertiary (local) roads. The purely social justification for roads in developing countries has not yet found favor among the major international lending agencies.