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Policy and Planning for Large Infrastructure Projects : Problems, Causes, Cures

This paper focuses on problems and their causes and cures in policy and planning for large infrastructure projects. First, it identifies as the main problem in major infrastructure development pervasive misinformation about the costs, benefits, and risks involved. A consequence of misinformation is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flyvbjerg, Bent
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BASE YEAR
CITIES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
DATA COLLECTION
DEBT
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKING
ECONOMIC FORECASTING
ENGINEERS
EXPECTED RETURNS
FORECASTING MODELS
FORECASTING TECHNIQUES
FORECASTS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INTERVIEWS
LEARNING
METHODOLOGY
MUSEUMS
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
REALISM
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
RESEARCHERS
SCENARIOS
TEACHERS
UNDERESTIMATES
WEIGHTING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6447545/policy-planning-large-infrastructure-projects-problems-causes-cures
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8579

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