Development projects

Development projects

Professor Mustafizur Rahman. Illustration: TBS

Project delays and escalating costs are driven by frequent revisions and lack of good governance

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What delays infrastructure projects in Bangladesh?

Annual external debt servicing to hit $2.5b in 4 years

Annual external debt servicing to hit $2.5b in 4 years

A laborer stands near the cargo supply at a warehouse near the port area in Karachi, Pakistan May 13, 2020. Photo: Reuters.

Pakistan to cut expenditures, development funds to revive IMF programme

How frequent revisions push project costs up, benefits to back seat

How frequent revisions push project costs up, benefits to back seat

Online auditing of dev project in the offing

Online auditing of dev project in the offing

Dev projects tied up in cases among govt agencies

Dev projects tied up in cases among govt agencies

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Contractors for increasing costs of development projects

5 projects for developing rural infrastructures get Ecnec nod

5 projects for developing rural infrastructures get Ecnec nod

Professor Mustafizur Rahman. Illustration: TBS

‘Price volatility should be factored in while designing dev projects’

Japan-aided mega projects to get costlier

Japan-aided mega projects to get costlier

Ctg contractors want dev project cost increased

Ctg contractors want dev project cost increased

Dev projects also feel the heat of Russia-Ukraine war

Dev projects also feel the heat of Russia-Ukraine war