Economic impact and feasibility analysis is easy to hide behind jargon. These are the guides we wish existed: what a study measures, what it costs, how to tell if one is honest, and how to put it to work. Open, and no email wall.
The name is not a metaphor. What red teaming means, and why every project should face it internally before a lender or funder does.
Seven questions that separate a study you can act on from a number built to justify a decision already made.
Direct, indirect, and induced effects in plain language, and where the numbers quietly inflate.
What it examines, what it answers, and the moments to commission one before you commit.
Impact tells you what a project does to the economy. Viability tells you whether to do it. You need both.
The most cited and most misunderstood number in the field, and why a large one is not always good news.
Two terms that sound alike, are constantly confused, and answer different questions.
The honest range, why it is so wide, and how to tell if a quote reflects the work or the overhead.
What to ask for, what it should cost, and how to get a result a board or a funder can use.
What lenders require, and what makes a study hold up under a credit committee's review.
What a project means for a government's budget: the revenue it brings and the costs it creates.
What funders look for, and how to use the number honestly without overstating what it proves.
Tell us what you are weighing and where. We will lay out what it takes to answer it, and what it costs.
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