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Adapting Road Procurement to Climate Conditions / Atsushi Iimi
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Iimi, Atsushi
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Global Environment Facility.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Public procurement.
- Roads & Highways.
- Rural Roads & Transport.
- Rural roads, ex post contract adjustments, climate conditions.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics Policy & Planning.
- Local Subjects:
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Global Environment Facility.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Public procurement.
- Roads & Highways.
- Rural Roads & Transport.
- Rural roads, ex post contract adjustments, climate conditions.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics Policy & Planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (23 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2012
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The world's climate is changing. It is well recognized that technical standards and project specifications of public infrastructure have to be adjusted, depending on the climate. However, it is less recognized that the public infrastructure procurement also needs to be adjusted. This paper examines a particular case of rural road procurement in Nepal. Severe weather conditions, such as heavy rains and storms, are likely to interrupt civil works and wash away unpaved or gravel roads. It is found that heavy precipitation causes delays, but not cost overruns. The paper also shows that budgetary efficiency and credibility could be improved by taking climate conditions into account. If future precipitation were anticipated by backward-looking expectations, many large project delays could be avoided. If the autoregressive precipitation model were used, the vast majority of the observed delays could be eliminated.
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