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relevant policy considerations.
The amount
of information supplied is to be sensibly related to the
value of the project.
If any of the items are covered by a
feasibility study, technical study,
consultants' report, detailed cost benefit
analysis, or other report, it will be
sufficient to refer to these documents and to
enclose copies, if they have not already been
sent to the Ministry of Overseas Development.
(iv) Projects estimated to cost £250,000 or
11 These
more feceive special consideration within
the Ministry of Overseas Development and
a careful assessment of all the relevant
economic, commercial and financial factors
will be required. »
The information supplied in answer to the preceding
questions should be expanded to permit the Ministry
to complete a paper on the lines of the check
list enclosed with the despatch.
So far as it is
necessary to continue the rule the Ministry's
special procedures apply also in relation to the
"if and when" rule.
8.
Virement between items within a project will
be within your discretion provided thereis no
material change in the project and no additional
development aid is required.
Proposals to
transfer aid from one project to another will,
however, require prior approval from here.
9. I think that these procedures will be found less
cumbrous than they may at first sight appear and
less so, particularly forthe less costly projects,
than the meticulous detailed financial requirements
of the existing C.D. & W. procedures. There are
in fact very few projects of a value of £250,000