Impact Assessment of an Agricultural Project Financed through a Competitive Grant Scheme using Statistical Data

Abstract

This paper studies the possibility of assessing the impact of Competitive Grant Scheme financed sub-project using data from the national statistical system of Romania. This research is of particular interest for measuring or at least identifying the existing of the economic impact of past interventions, in the conditions where data is not available from the implementing institutions for the period after the project completion. The initial method of impact assessment was based on the calculation of IRR and NPV based on the Incremental Net Benefits obtained by the participants to the project in comparison with the ones obtained by the non-participants (the control group) [1].

Keyword: Agricultural Project, Finance, Statistical Data.