REVIEW

CONTENTS

• MID-TERM EXAM KEY

• COURSE REVIEW
• FINAL EXAM FORMAT
 MID-TERM EXAM KEY
• Part I: Understanding public projects
- Determine P:
+ improved PRI with activities carried out by implementing subprojects, including (a) civil
works to improve irrigation infrastructure in at least 15 schemes; (b) construction of rural
roads to support the mobility and transport needs of the population in and around the
irrigation schemes; and (c) creation of jobs during civil works that benefit local people,
including women and ethnic minorities;
+ enhanced capacity to develop, manage, and use PRI, with activities in all subprojects
including (a) training on project implementation management; (b) preparation of condition
inventories and operation and maintenance (O&M) plans; (c) training of staff at MARD,
equivalent agencies in the CHPs, and IDMCs; (d) in-service training to upgrade the formal
qualifications of PRI managers; (e) training of PRI users to best use the upgraded PRI; (f)
campaigns to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, and of road and water reservoir safety; and (g)
special PRI studies, pilots, and demonstrations;
+ efficient project management by meeting timelines for successfully (a) setting up a central
project management unit (CPMU) and five provincial project management units (PPMUs); (b)
recruiting and fielding consultants for project startup, implementation, benefit monitoring,
and safeguard monitoring; and (c) completing feasibility studies and civil works.
 - Determine C:
Total Project cost is SDR53,041,000 ($80 million equivalent at the approval date).

- Determine T: 5 years, from 17 January 2014 to 30 June 2019.

- Determine S: 5 Central Highland Provinces (CHPs) of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon
Tum, and Lam Dong,
- What is the information … public project ?
This project ‘s impact is to increase rural incomes and sustained livelihoods in the
CHPs. The project outcome is to improve rural and agricultural productivity with
improved access to, and use of, water, materials, knowledge, production inputs and
markets. In addition, it is implemented by publicly funded organizations such as
MARD, CPMU and provincial people’s committees of the 5 participating provinces.
With above information, the project is certainly a public project as it creates public
value and carried out by publicly funded organizations. Therefore, no more
information should be added in the article to confirm the project is a public project.
• Part II: Essay question
- The differences between “Program” and “Project”
+ Definitions of “Program” and “Project”
+ The similarity: including activities, using resources,
managed by a group of people and aiming at certain
targets; P, C, T, S constraints
+ The differences: structure, cost, effort, duration,
benefits/target

- Examples:
 COURSE REVIEW
• Project / program
• Project phases or cycle life
• Public project
• Project requirements / constraints
• Project cycle management
 FINAL EXAM FORMAT

• Part I: Understanding public projects (5 points)

• Part II: Essay question/conducting project

reports (5 points)