Includes bibliographical references Brown, E. O., Daite, R.B. and Cardenas, D.C. (2016). Ex ante economic evaluation protocol for evaluating R&D project worth a simplified approach (2nd ed.). Los Banos, Laguna: Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development.

Foreword -- What is ex ante economic evaluation? -- Why is it important? -- What is priority setting? Why is there a need for it? -- What are the major goals of priority setting? At what level is priority setting done? -- What are the approaches to priority setting? -- How can ex ante analysis be situated in priority setting? -- How is priority setting done by funding agencies? -- What are some of the qualitative set of criteria used in priority setting? -- Should ex ante evaluation replace the qualitative methods of priority setting? -- Given the interest in the use of more quantitative approaches in priority setting, why is ex ante evaluation not extensively used? -- Who are the potential users of the ex ante evaluation procedure? -- What types of projects can be evaluated using the ex ante procedure? -- What specific stages in the R&D continuum does the ex ante procedure? -- What is the ex ante procedure's framework of analysis? -- What are the general steps in the actual conduct of an ex ante procedure? -- Collection and validation of data and information required -- Calculation of net financial impact on each adoptor -- Setting up the cash flow - Calculation and analysis of measures of project worth -- Translation of financial values to economic values