The document discusses the elements involved in satisfying human wants, including human wants, use of resources, and techniques of production. It then defines economic analysis as examining economic relationships and determining causal relationships among observed data and activities through evaluating costs and benefits. Economic analysis aims to analyze projects' economic viability and welfare impact to aid in better resource allocation. Economic policy consists of government or private institution interventions to manipulate economic activity results, and can include monetary, fiscal or trade policies to achieve economic welfare.
The document discusses the elements involved in satisfying human wants, including human wants, use of resources, and techniques of production. It then defines economic analysis as examining economic relationships and determining causal relationships among observed data and activities through evaluating costs and benefits. Economic analysis aims to analyze projects' economic viability and welfare impact to aid in better resource allocation. Economic policy consists of government or private institution interventions to manipulate economic activity results, and can include monetary, fiscal or trade policies to achieve economic welfare.
The document discusses the elements involved in satisfying human wants, including human wants, use of resources, and techniques of production. It then defines economic analysis as examining economic relationships and determining causal relationships among observed data and activities through evaluating costs and benefits. Economic analysis aims to analyze projects' economic viability and welfare impact to aid in better resource allocation. Economic policy consists of government or private institution interventions to manipulate economic activity results, and can include monetary, fiscal or trade policies to achieve economic welfare.
The elements involved in the objective of satisfying wants are;
Human wants Use of Resources Technique of Production 2. Economic analysis is the process of directing economic relationships by examining economic behaviour and events and determining the causal relationships among the data and activities observed. Economic analysis essentially entails the evaluation of costs and benefits. It starts by ranking projects based on economic viability to aid better allocation of resources. It aims at analyzing the welfare impact of a project While, economic policy consists of intervention or courses of action taken by the government or other private institutions to manipulate the results of economic activity. The economic policy adopted by the government may be monetary, fiscal or trade for the purpose of achieving economic welfare. Economic policy covers a wide range of measures which governments use to manage their economy. These include monetary policy (money supply and demand), taxation, budget, job creation, etc.