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Development Finance Question Paper

Development Finance

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kca University question papers

Exam Year:2010

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2009/2010
SECOND YEAR STAGE 2 EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
CFM 301-F DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
DATE: APRIL 2010 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question ONE and Any other TWO Questions
QUESTION ONE
a) The use of development aid has been very controversial among development specialist. Discuss the world bank’s prescriptions for improving the effectiveness of donor aid ( 5 Marks)
b) Discuss the steps that African countries could take to boost development finance in their own countries (10 Marks)
c) Discuss why it is important to conduct an evaluation of a development project. ( 7 Marks)
d) The government of Kenya has initiated the vision 2030 that seeks to transform Kenya into a middle income country . The initiative seeks to fund the various flagship projects using the Build operate and transfer mode of development financing. Discuss some benefits that may come as a result of this mode of development financing (8 Marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Discuss how development finance addresses the imperfections in the private Markets for capital
( 5 Marks)
b) Discuss the role of development financial institutions in the provision of development finance
(5 Marks)
c) Many African countries have been relying on donor funding for their development projects.
Clearly there has been a paradigm shift in this regard. Thus African countries are being urged to reform their financial systems in a bid to improve the delivery of development finance.
Discuss the role of the financial system in as far as development finance is concerned
( 10 Marks)
QUESTION THREE
Timothy Kuria was a grant adisor for a logal non governmental that has a mission to improve the lives of poor communities in East Africa. His work was to receive proposals for funding and evaluate them accordingly. In May 2007 he received a proposal for a community pharmacy from Jikaze self help in southern Rwanda. Timoty looked at the financial analysis for the project and was impressed. He accordingly approved the funding for the project. Two months later upon the perusal of the file, Timothy was sacked for ‘sleeping on the job’. Discuss wheter the appraisal conducted by timothy was adequate ? (20 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR
a) As a development finance specialist for your organization, you are required to speak to a group of project managers who receive grants from your organization. You are required to present a talk on how to manage development projects. Discuss the key issues that are key to the management of development projects ( 10 Marks)
b) Donor funding has been a key source of development finance for the government of Kenya.
However in the recent past especially after the coming in of the National Rainbow Coalition
(NARC) , there has been attempts to to scale down donor funding in Kenya. Discuss whether it is a good idea for a country to shun development aid ( 10 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) Because of the dwindling sources of development finance, some stakeholders have been
advocating for global taxes to redress the gap in development finance. Discuss the economic
rationale and the challenges of global taxes as a source of development finance (10 Marks)
b) Around the world , we have many multilateral development banks in every continent. Discuss
the roles of multilateral development banks discuss (10 Marks)

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