Adding value to development work: exploring impact assessment within a Philippines water supply project

摘要

Development work has varying degrees of scale and can be limited, as in many endeavours, byconstraints such as time, budget, and personnel. The challenge any project team faces is to produceresults in spite of these constraints in the interest of project stakeholders. This paper will explore thecontributions that impact assessment discussion, planning and implementation can make in advancingdesired outcomes for project beneficiaries and in promoting the education and development of the projectteam. Where possible, impact assessment discussion will be related to a Philippines water supply projectbeing conducted by the Engineers Without Borders-Philadelphia Professional Chapter. In exploring thedecision-making involved in reaching a project specific impact assessment, the hope is to make theprocess scalable for any project with different constraints in time, budget and personnel.