Monitoring Road Works Contracts and Unit Costs for Enhanced Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

The study is based on a new specialized dataset generated for the road sector contracts of Bank-financed projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is organized as follows: Chapter two describes the data and a set of indicators constructed to perform comparative assessments of the procurement and implementation processes across 13 African countries. Chapter three points out the trends in selected key indicators and performs an inventory of risks for each road works contract using a checklist of possible entry points of corrupt activities or red flags. Through comparison of the road works contracts that had complaints received by the Bank's Department of Institutional Integrity (INT) and other contracts in the sample, it examines if the data exhibit a pattern of indicators consistent with the presence of allegations of corruption or fraud. Chapter four looks at selected issues such as high bid rates, low response to invitation to bid, and cost and time overruns as they were addressed by the project implementing agencies. Finally, chapter five provides selected recommendations to enhance accountability and control of corruption in the road projects financed by the World Bank.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Alexeeva, Victoria, Padam, Gouthami, Queiroz, Cesar
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-09
Subjects:	ASPHALT CONCRETE, BID, BIDS, BOUNDARIES, BRIDGE, BRIDGES, CIVIL SOCIETY, COLLECTION PROCESS, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, CONSUMER, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, CONTRACT PRICE, CONTRACT VALUE, CONTRACT VALUES, CONTRACTOR, CONTRACTORS, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DISCLOSURE, DUE DILIGENCE, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, EQUIPMENT, EXCHANGE RATE, FEEDER ROAD, FLAG, FLAGS, FOREIGN CURRENCY, FRAUD, FRAUD RISKS, FUEL, FUEL COST, FUEL COSTS, FUEL PRICE, GOVERNANCE ISSUES, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, HIGHWAYS, HOLDINGS, IBRD, IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD WORKS, INFLATION, INFLATION RISKS, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION, INSURANCE, INSURANCE PREMIUMS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERURBAN ROADS, INVENTORY, LENGTH OF ROADS, LICENSES, MISREPRESENTATION, MITIGATION, NEGOTIATIONS, OIL PRICE, OPEN COMPETITION, OVERHEAD COSTS, OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES, PRICE OF DIESEL, PRIME CONTRACTORS, PROCUREMENT, PROCUREMENT PROCESS, PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, PROJECT APPRAISAL, PROJECT DESIGN, PROJECT DOCUMENTS, PROVISIONS, PUBLIC ASSETS, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, RECONSTRUCTION, REFUND, REMEDIES, ROAD, ROAD AGENCIES, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD CONSTRUCTION COSTS, ROAD COSTS, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROAD INDUSTRY, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD WORKS, RURAL ACCESS, RURAL ROADS, SANCTIONS, SUBCONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRACTORS, TERMINATION, TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS, THIRD PARTIES, TOTAL VALUE, TRANSACTION, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, TYPES OF ROAD, URBAN ROAD, URBAN ROADS, URBAN TRANSPORT, WAREHOUSE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/10079091/monitoring-road-works-contracts-unit-costs-enhanced-governance-sub-saharan-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17418
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