IT 6th chapter

Forward Linkages

A forward linkage is created when investment in a particular project encourages investment in subsequent stages of production.

Distribution chain connecting a producer or supplier with the customers.

Backward Linkages

A backward linkage is created when a project encourages investment in facilities that enable the project to succeed. 

Channels through which information, material and money flow between a company and its suppliers and create a network of economic interdependence.

Forward linkage deal with the impact of formulation on implementation while the backward linkage are concerned with the impact in the opposite direction