The failure of transport megaprojects: Lessons from developed and developing countries

Luke Rose; Christoper Savage; Andrew Jenkins; Logan Fransman

The failure of transport megaprojects: Lessons from developed and developing countries

Luke Rose, Christoper Savage, Andrew Jenkins, Logan Fransman

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Abstract

Transport megaprojects are essential to economic growth and development, yet attract high risks and are prone to failure. Projects fail for a number of reasons and when they do, their impacts are severe. This is especially true in developing countries, where the cost of a project is typically far higher than those in developed countries, whose GDPs are much higher in relative terms. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the failures of megaprojects in developing and developed countries to establish as basis for comparison in the reasons for project failure. The study finds that projects in developing countries tend to be poorly justified in feasibility studies and under-resourced in operations, making them particularly prone to high failure rates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PanPacific Conference XXXIV
Subtitle of host publication	Designing New Business Models in Developing Economies
Editors	Sang M. Lee, Vincent Charles
Publisher	Pan-Pacific Business Association
Pages	133-136
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	1931649277
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2017
Event	PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE XXXIV: Designing New Business Models in Developing Economies - Lima, Peru Duration: 29 May 2017 → 31 May 2017 Conference number: XXXIV https://www.panpacificbusiness.org/docs/2017-Program.pdf (Link to Conference Programme)

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Conference	PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE XXXIV
Country/Territory	Peru
City	Lima
Period	29/05/17 → 31/05/17
Internet address	https://www.panpacificbusiness.org/docs/2017-Program.pdf (Link to Conference Programme)

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Rose, L, Savage, C, Jenkins, A & Fransman, L 2017, The failure of transport megaprojects: Lessons from developed and developing countries. in SM Lee & V Charles (eds), PanPacific Conference XXXIV: Designing New Business Models in Developing Economies. Pan-Pacific Business Association, pp. 133-136, PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE XXXIV, Lima, Peru, 29/05/17. <http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/31178/>

The failure of transport megaprojects : Lessons from developed and developing countries. / Rose, Luke; Savage, Christoper; Jenkins, Andrew et al.

PanPacific Conference XXXIV: Designing New Business Models in Developing Economies. ed. / Sang M. Lee; Vincent Charles. Pan-Pacific Business Association, 2017. p. 133-136.

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