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CHECKLIST OF DEVELOPMENTAL QUALITY CHECKLIST OF DEVELOPMENTAL QUALITY OF AID FINANCED PROJECTS A number of criteria have been developed in recent years by the DAC to ensure that projects in developing countries that are financed totally or in part by Official Development Assistance (ODA) contribute to development. They are essentially contained in the:

— DAC Principles for Project Appraisal, 1988;

— DAC Guiding Principles for Associated Financing and Tied and Partially Untied Official Development Assistance, 1987; and — Good Procurement Practices for Official Development Assistance, 1986. Of these, the DAC Principles for Project Appraisal and the Good Procurement Practices for Official Development Assistance were, together with several other ‘principles’ or ‘good practices’ the DAC produced, published together in the Development Assistance Manual, DAC Principles for Effective Aid (DAM) in 1992. CONSISTENCY OF THE PROJECT WITH THE RECIPIENT COUNTRY’S OVERALL INVESTMENT PRIORITIES (PROJECT SELECTION) Is the project part of investment and public expenditure programmes already approved by the central financial and planning authorities of the recipient country?

(Specify policy document mentioning the project, e.g. public investment programme of the recipient country.) Is the project being co-financed with an international development finance institution? Does evidence exist that the project has been considered and rejected by an international development finance institution or another DAC Member on grounds of low developmental priority? In the case of a private sector project, has it been approved by the government of the recipient country? Is the project covered by an intergovernmental agreement providing for a broader range of aid activities by the donor in the recipient country? PROJECT PREPARATION AND APPRAISAL Has the project been prepared, designed and appraised against a set of standards and criteria broadly consistent with the DAC Principles for Project Appraisal from paragraphs 91-162 of the DAM? Relevant principles concern project appraisal under: a) Economic aspects (paragraphs 120 to 128 DAM). b) Technical aspects (paragraph 112 DAM). c) Financial aspects (paragraphs 113 to 119 DAM).

In the case of a revenue producing project, particularly if it is producing for a competitive market, has the concessionary element of the aid financing been passed on to the end-user of the funds? (paragraph 115 DAM). a) Institutional assessment (paragraphs 130 to 134 DAM). b) Social and distributional analysis (paragraphs 137 to 147 DAM). c) Environmental assessment (paragraphs 145 to 147 DAM). PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES What procurement mode will be used among the following? (For definitions, see Principles listed in Good Procurement Practices for ODA from paragraphs 409-429 of the DAM). a) International competitive bidding (paragraphs 411 and 419-429 DAM: Minimum conditions for effective international competitive bidding). b) National competitive bidding (paragraph 412 DAM). c) Informal competition or direct negotiations (paragraphs 413-414 DAM). Is it envisaged to check price and quality of supplies (paragraph 153 DAM)?